Unruly Children - Historical Fieldnotes and Learning Morality in a Taiwan Village

Integrating humanistic interpretation with computational approaches, this book examines the 1958-1960 Taiwan fieldnotes of two renowned anthropologists. As the world's first ethnographic study on Han children, it sheds light on children's moral development amid historical upheaval. Ideal for anthropology and educational studies graduate courses.

List of contents

Introduction: learning morality in a Taiwan village; 1. Fieldwork beyond fieldwork: reconstructing an ethnography of children through historical fieldnotes; 2. Crime and punishment: parenting and the disobedient child; 3. Playful creatures: learning morality in peer play; 4. Gendered morality: naughty boys and fierce girls; 5. Care and rivalry: an untold tale of a sibling dyad; Epilogue: taking children seriously; Afterword.

About the author

Jing Xu is an anthropologist at the University of Washington and the author of The Good Child: Moral Development in a Chinese Preschool (Stanford University Press, 2017). She pursues interdisciplinary research, bringing together humanistic and scientific perspectives to study how humans become moral persons.

Summary

Integrating humanistic interpretation with computational approaches, this book examines the 1958-1960 Taiwan fieldnotes of two renowned anthropologists. As the world's first ethnographic study on Han children, it sheds light on children's moral development amid historical upheaval. Ideal for anthropology and educational studies graduate courses.

Product details

• Authors: Jing Xu, Jing (University of Washington) Xu, Xu Jing
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2024
• EAN: 9781009416252
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0941625-2
• No. of pages: 290
• Series: New Departures in Anthropology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Taiwan, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, EDUCATION / Aims & Objectives, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Ethics & moral philosophy, Child & developmental psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Ethics and moral philosophy, Social and cultural anthropology, c 1950 to c 1959, Moral and social purpose of education, C 1945 To C 1960, Moral & social purpose of education