Title: Child care and culture : lessons from Africa /
Authors: LeVine, Robert A. 1932-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Year: 1994
Subjects: Women, Gusii Kenya Kisii District Family relationships.; Gusii (African people); Child rearing Kenya Kisii District Cross-cultural studies.; Child rearing Massachusetts Boston Cross-cultural studies.; Socialization Cross-cultural studies
Abstract: Child Care and Culture examines parenthood, infancy, and early childhood in an African community, raising provocative questions about "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.
Contents: Foreword / Urie Bronfenbrenner. Pt.1. African infancy: frameworks for understanding. -- The comparative study of child care -- Infant care in sub-saharan africa -- Pt.2. Parenthood among the Gusii of Kenya. Gusii culture: a person-centered perspective -- Gusii fertility, marriage, and family -- Pregnancy and birth -- Pt.3. Infant care and development in a Gusii community. Infant care: cultural norms and interpersonal environment -- Survival and health: priorities for early development -- Communication and social learning during infancy -- Variations in infant interaction: illustrative cases -- Pt.4. Interpretations. Early child development in an african context: comparative lessons.