Child care and culture : lessons from Africa
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Child care and culture : lessons from Africa
Cambridge University Press, 1996
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Bibliography: p. [319]-331
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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 'normal' child care in the human species. Comparing the Gusii people of Kenya, whose practices were intensively observed from the combined perspectives of social anthropology, pediatrics, and developmental psychology, with the American white middle class, the authors show how divergent cultural priorities create differing conditions for early childhood development.
Table of Contents
- Foreword
- List of tables and figures
- Preface
- Part I. African Infancy: Frameworks For Understanding: 1. The comparative study of child care
- 2. Infant care in subsaharan Africa
- Part II. Parenthood Among The Gusii of Kenya: 3. Gusii culture: A person-centered perspective
- 4. Gusii fertility, marriage, and family
- 5. Pregnancy and birth: Part III. Infant Care and Development in a Gusii Community: 6. Infant care: Cultural norms and interpersonal environment
- 7. Survival and health: The priorities of parents
- 8. Communication and social learning during infancy
- 9. Variations in infant interaction: Illustrative cases: Part IV. Interpretations: 10. Early child development in an African context: Comparative lessons
- Appendices
- References.
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