Child Care and Culture - Lessons from Africa (Paperback, Revised)

Child Care and Culture examines parenthood, infancy, and early childhood in an African community, revealing patterns unanticipated by current theories of child development and raising provocative questions about the concept of "normal" child care. Comparing the Gusii people of Kenya with the American white middle class, the authors show how divergent cultural priorities create differing conditions for early childhood development. Combining the perspectives of social anthropology, pediatrics, and developmental psychology, the authors demonstrate how child care customs can be responsive to varied socioeconomic, demographic, and cultural conditions without inflicting harm on children. This text will be of interest to researchers in child development and anthropology.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 1996
First published:	1996
Authors:	Robert A. LeVine • Sarah Le Vine • Suzanne Dixon • Amy Richman • P.Herbert Leiderman • Constance H. Keefer • T.Berry Brazelton
Dimensions:	231 x 155 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	380
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-57546-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Child & developmental psychology Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Age groups > Children
LSN:	0-521-57546-X
Barcode:	9780521575461

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