Anthropological perspectives on children as helpers, workers, artisans, and laborers / David F. Lancy.
2018
HD6231
Linked e-resources
Linked Resource
Online Access
Concurrent users
Unlimited
Authorized users
Authorized users
Document Delivery Supplied
Can lend chapters, not whole ebooks
Details
Title
Anthropological perspectives on children as helpers, workers, artisans, and laborers / David F. Lancy.
Author
Lancy, David F., author.
ISBN
9781137533517 (electronic book)
113753351X (electronic book)
9781137533531
1137533536
113753351X (electronic book)
9781137533531
1137533536
Published
New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
Copyright
©2018
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Call Number
HD6231
Dewey Decimal Classification
331.31
Summary
Within academia, the study of childhood has been dominated by a mono-cultural or WEIRD (Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic) perspective. However, a contrasting and more varied perspective is emerging within the field of anthropology. So, while the phenomenon of children as workers is ephemeral in WEIRD societies 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 it is treated as extra-cultural, an aberration that must be controlled. Work as a central component in children's lives, development, and identity goes unappreciated. This book aims to rectify that omission by surveying and synthesizing a very robust corpus of material. Two prominent themes receive particular emphasis: the processes involved in learning to work, and the interaction between ontogeny and children's roles as workers.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed December 20, 2017).
Series
Palgrave studies on the anthropology of childhood and youth.
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9781137533531
Linked Resources
Online Access
Record Appears in
Online Resources > Ebooks
All Resources
All Resources
Table of Contents
1. Work in Children's Lives
2. From Playing to Working
3. Helpers
4. Becoming Workers
5.Young Artisans
6. Children as a Reserve Labor Force
7. Children as Laborers
8. The Effects of Culture Change on Children's Work.
2. From Playing to Working
3. Helpers
4. Becoming Workers
5.Young Artisans
6. Children as a Reserve Labor Force
7. Children as Laborers
8. The Effects of Culture Change on Children's Work.