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Learning from the Children: Childhood, Culture and Identity in a Changing World (New Directions in Anthropology)
Waldren, Jacqueline, Kaminski, Ignacy-Marek
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Description for Learning from the Children: Childhood, Culture and Identity in a Changing World (New Directions in Anthropology)
Paperback. Children and youth, regardless of their ethnic backgrounds, are experiencing lifestyle choices their parents never imagined and contributing to the transformation of ideals, traditions, education and adult - child power dynamics. Editor(s): Waldren, Jacqueline; Kaminski, Ignacy-Marek. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. Num Pages: 204 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 302.
Children and youth, regardless of their ethnic backgrounds, are experiencing lifestyle choices their parents never imagined and contributing to the transformation of ideals, traditions, education and adult–child power dynamics. As a result of the advances in technology and media as well as the effects of globalization, the transmission of social and cultural practices from parents to children is changing. Based on a number of qualitative studies, this book offers insights into the lives of children and youth in Britain, Japan, Spain, Israel/Palestine, and Pakistan. Attention is focused on the child’s perspective within the social-power dynamics involved in adult–child relations, ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
Series
New Directions in Anthropology
Number of Pages
204
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782386759
SKU
V9781782386759
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99-15
About Waldren, Jacqueline, Kaminski, Ignacy-Marek
Jacqueline Waldren (1937-2021) was Research Associate, Lecturer and Tutor in the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology and International Gender Studies and a member of Linacre College, University of Oxford. Her research on Europe included identity, gender, migration, tourism and lifestyle changes. Her publications include Insiders and Outsiders (1996), Tourists and Tourism (co-ed., 1997), Anthropological Perspectives on Local Development (co-ed., ... Read more
Reviews for Learning from the Children: Childhood, Culture and Identity in a Changing World (New Directions in Anthropology)
"This volume is an important contribution to the literature on children, their life worlds and child-parent interaction in multicultural settings. It is not entirely new that children have agency. The merit of the authors of this volume is that they are starting to address which strategies children may use both to strengthen and utilize this agency, and not the least ... Read more