Anthropological Perspectives on Children as Helpers, Workers, Artisans, and Laborers 2018 Edition Contributor(s): Lancy, David F. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1137533536 ISBN-13: 9781137533531 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family - Social Science | Children's Studies |
Dewey: 331.31 |
LCCN: 2017959089 |
Series: Palgrave Studies on the Anthropology of Childhood and Youth |
Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (1.02 lbs) 245 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The study of childhood in academia has been dominated by a mono-cultural or WEIRD (Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic) perspective. Within the field of anthropology, however, a contrasting and more varied view is emerging. While the phenomenon of children as workers is ephemeral in WEIRD society and in the literature on child development, there is ample cross-cultural and historical evidence of children making vital contributions to the family economy. Children's "labor" is of great interest to researchers, but widely treated as extra-cultural--an aberration that must be controlled. Work as a central component in children's lives, development, and identity goes unappreciated. Anthropological Perspectives on Children as Helpers, Workers, Artisans, and Laborers aims to rectify that omission by surveying and synthesizing a robust corpus of material, with particular emphasis on two prominent themes: the processes involved in learning to work and the interaction between ontogeny and children's roles as workers. |