Anthropological Perspectives on Children as Helpers, Workers, Artisans, and Laborers

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-137-53353-1
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 245 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies on the Anthropology of Childhood and Youth

The study of childhood in academia has been dominated by a mono-cultural or WEIRD (Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic) perspective. Within the field of anthropology, however, a contrasting and more varied view is emerging. While the phenomenon of children as workers is ephemeral in WEIRD society and in the literature on child development, there is ample cross-cultural and historical evidence of children making vital contributions to the family economy. Children’s “labor” is of great interest to researchers, but widely treated as extra-cultural—an aberration that must be controlled. Work as a central component in children’s lives, development, and identity goes unappreciated. Anthropological Perspectives on Children as Helpers, Workers, Artisans, and Laborers aims to rectify that omission by surveying and synthesizing a robust corpus of material, with particular emphasis on two prominent themes: the processes involved in learning to work and the interaction between ontogeny and children’s roles as workers.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lancy, David F.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Kinder- und Jugendsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Sozialethnologie: Familie, Gender, Soziale Gruppen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Work in Children’s Lives.- 2. From Playing to Working.- 3. Helpers.- 4. Becoming Workers.- 5. Young Artisans.- 6. Children as a Reserve Labor Force.- 7. Children as Laborers.- 8. The Effects of Culture Change on Children’s Work.

Über Autor(innen)

David F. Lancy is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Utah State University, USA.