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This entry describes anthropological work on childhood as a varying cultural construction, from early comparative studies of childcare and development, through work on the socialization of young children, to more recent ‘child-focused’ research that takes children’s perspectives on their role and position seriously.
22 wrz 2021 · This article concentrates on social and cultural anthropology, although it mentions psychology and biological and evolutionary anthropology under Life History Theory, Child Development, and Child Rearing and Socialization.
Anthropologists believe that the most important influence in human development is the ecological and cultural setting within which a child will grow up. The anthropological study of...
How are families and communities structured around them? Now in its third edition, this deeply engaging book delves into these questions by reviewing and cataloging the indings of over 100 years of anthropological scholarship dealing with child-hood and adolescence.
Anthropology is the study of human beings and their cultures, from prehistoric times to today. The people who practice anthropology are called anthropologists. Anthropologists often compare different human communities. They try to determine their similarities and differences.
This article reviews work done by anthropologists that contributes directly to the study of adolescence. The core concept of anthropology is culture, a peo-ple’s learned and shared, or at least understood, values, behavior patterns, beliefs, ways of expressing emotions and creativity, and practices.
21 sty 2016 · This edited volume calls anthropological attention to the ways that children’s lives are shaped by the political actions of adults and state policies, economic orders, transnational flows, rights discourses, and identity movements that children are also subject to.
