Global Changes in Children''s Lives

Compares the nature of childhood in four representative societies differing in their subsistence activities.

Sommario

1. Introduction; 2. Children's lives in four contrasting types of societies; 3. Comparing families, children, and adolescents in four types of evolving societies; 4. Global changes in childhood and adolescence; 5. Conclusion: childhoods and identities in motion.

Riassunto

This Element compares the nature of childhood in four representative societies differing in their subsistence activities: bands of Australian hunter-gatherers, Tibetan nomadic pastoralists, peasants and farmers residing in Maya villages and towns, and South Korean students growing up in a digital information society.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Uwe P. Gielen, Uwe P. Kim Gielen, Gielen Uwe, Gielen Uwe P., Sunghun Kim, Sunhung Kim, Kim Sunghun
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781108461634
• ISBN: 978-1-108-46163-4
• Pagine: 75
• Serie: Elements in Psychology and Cul; Elements in Psychology and Cul; Elements in Psychology and Culture
• Categorie: Saggistica > Psicologia, esoterismo, spiritualità, antroposofia > Psicologia applicata; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Opere generiche, enciclopedie; Cultural Studies, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Child & developmental psychology, Social, group or collective psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Social and cultural anthropology