The child
Subtitle: an encyclopedic companion
By: editor in chief, Richard A. Shweder ; editors Thomas R. Bidell ... [et al.].
Contributors: Shweder, Richard A.; Bidell, Thomas R.
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1105
ISBN-13: 9780226475394
Subjects: Children -- Encyclopedias
Genres: Encyclopedias.
Description: The Child, brings together contemporary research on children and childhood from pediatrics, child psychology, childhood studies, education, sociology, history, law, anthropology, and other related areas. While presenting certain universal facts about children's development from birth through adolescence, the entries also address the many worlds of childhood both within the United States and around the globe. They consider the ways that in which race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, and cultural traditions of child rearing can affect children's experiences of physical and mental health, education, and family. Each entry provides a concise and accessible synopsis of the topic at hand. For example, the entry "Adoption" begins with a general definition, followed by a detailed look at adoption in different cultures and at different times, a summary of the associated mental and developmental issues that can arise, and an overview of applicable legal and public policy. Alongside the topical entries, The Child includes more than forty "Imagining Each Other" essays, which focus on the particular experiences of children in different cultures.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "Imagining each other" essays: How a green race car helped Randy cope with asthma; title: Learning to weave in a Maya community; title: Formality and fun in kinship relations among the Gusii; title: Muslim children with autism learn to pray; title: Perfecting gender in a New England boarding school; title: Marks make the man in Kenya; title: Aia ke ola i n' k'puna: family-based care in native Hawaiian culture; title: Launching a reproductive career in Kenya; title: Empowering girls in Sierra Leone: initiation into the Bondo society; title: Growing up hearing in a deaf family; title: Literacy without schooling among the Vai of Liberia; title: Trial by fire: emotional socialization among Canadian Inuit; title: The parenting style of a Turkish reformer; title: Memories of childhood on an Israeli kibbutz; title: A far-flung fairy tale: beauty and the beast; title: Learning to like chili peppers; title: Treating Hmong children in America: two case studies; title: Educated at home in the United States; title: Summer camp for diabetic children: a stigma-free zone; title: Our language: a friendship that transcended linguistic and cultural borders; title: The luminous books of childhood; title: Counting on the body: arithmetic learning in Oksapmin culture; title: A Hindu Brahman boy is born again; title: The color brown; title: Italian children and the mysterious la Befana; title: Learning to fictionalize in the Black Belt of Alabama; title: Some prodigious pretenders; title: Girls as adversarial virtuosos; title: Using rap to re-create a Southern heritage; title: An African American grandmother combats racial hatred; title: Early childhood education in Japan; title: The school of the republic: Muslim girls' dress and identities in French public schools; title: Parents as deities in Hindu family life; title: To know shame is to be near courage: moral socialization in Taipei; title: Children as family caregivers in Mexico; title: Dream interpretation in the Amazon; title: On infants sleeping alone; title: The mathematical life of Brazilian street children; title: Tourette syndrome in Indian Ayurvedic medical practice; title: A refugee's childhood in the West Bank; title: Work before play for Yucatec Maya children.