Learning from the children : childhood, culture and identity in a changing world

Learning from the children : childhood, culture and identity in a changing world / edited by Jacqueline Waldren and Ignacy-Marek Kaminski.

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 effec...

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Other Authors: Waldren, Jacqueline, 1937-, Kaminski, Ignacy-Marek
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, ©2012.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:New directions in anthropology ; v. 35.
Subjects:
Children > Cross-cultural studies.
Child psychology > Cross-cultural studies.
Child development > Cross-cultural studies.
Parenting > Cross-cultural studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Children's Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Child development
Child psychology
Children
Parenting
Cross-cultural studies
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780857453266
0857453262
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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