Book
The Anthropology of Childhood: Cherubs, Chattel, Changelings
(2022)
Abstract
How are children raised in different cultures? What is the role of
children in society? 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 findings
of over 100 years of anthropological scholarship dealing with childhood
and adolescence. It is organized developmentally, moving from
infancy through to adolescence and early adulthood, and enriched
with anecdotes from ethnography and the daily media, to paint a
nuanced and credible picture of childhood in different cultures, past
and present. This new edition has been expanded and updated with
approximately 350 new sources, and introduces a number of new
topics, including how children learn from the environment, middle
childhood, and how culture is “transmitted” between generations. It
remains the essential book to read to understand what it means to be
a child in our complex, ever-changing world.
Keywords
- Survey,
- childhood,
- ethnographic record,
- theory
Disciplines
Publication Date
2022
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN
ISBN 978-1-108-93199-1 Paperback
Citation Information
David F. Lancy. The Anthropology of Childhood: Cherubs, Chattel, Changelings. thirdCambridge, UK(2022) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/david_lancy/134/