[Xmca-l] Re: cultural constructions of childhood?

Wed Jun 20 08:58:58 PDT 2018

Hi everyone,

I’m also late to this thread, but here are some additional texts to consider regarding cultural constructions of childhood. Most of what’s below is from in childhood studies or sociological literatures.

James, Jenks, & Prout’s 1998 edited volume “Theorizing Childhood”
Bernstein’s 2011 “Racial innocence: Performing American childhood from slavery to civil rights”
Bond Stockton’s 2009 “The queer child or growing sideways in the twentieth century”
I agree w David Preiss that William Kessen’s work is relevant, e.g. https://quote.ucsd.edu/childhood/files/2013/04/kessen-amerchild.pdf
Viviana Zelizer’s 1985 classic “Pricing the priceless child”
John Sommerville’s 1982 “The rise and fall of childhood”
Steven Mintz’s 2004 "Huck's raft: A history of American childhood"
Adrie Kusserow’s 2004 “American individualisms: Child rearing and social class in three neighborhoods"
Pelletier, W. (1970). Childhood in an Indian village. In S. Repo (Ed.), This book is about schools. New York: Pantheon Books.

With the exception of the Pelletier text, these mostly focus on European-heritage childhoods. For this reason I think that Rogoff, Lancy, or an otherwise anthropological perspective is also necessary.

/ Andrew

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On Jun 20, 2018, at 11:19 AM, David Preiss <preiss.xmca@gmail.com<mailto:preiss.xmca@gmail.com>> wrote:

What about the works of the late William Kessen? (Sorry if I am repeating something mentioned above, just coming back to XMCA after a long hiatus)

On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 12:07 AM, Greg Thompson <greg.a.thompson@gmail.com<mailto:greg.a.thompson@gmail.com>> wrote:
and a few more on the anthropology front (in case you are still interested):

Bambi Chapin's Childhood in a Sri Lankan Village is very good. Gottlieb and De Loache have a new A World of Babies edition out.

And 
Elise Berman
 has a book coming out at the end of January that does some good theorizing of "age", including "childhood". The title of her book is:
Talking Like Children: Language and the Production of Age in the Marshall Islands. Oxford University Press

On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 1:22 PM, Greg Thompson <greg.a.thompson@gmail.com<mailto:greg.a.thompson@gmail.com>> wrote:
Hopefully not too late, David Lancy's The Anthropology of Childhood: Cherubs, Chattel, and Changelings has a nice sampling of childhoods across multiple cultures.

Also, some classics from a Western historical perspective:
Joseph Kett's Rites of Passage: Adolescence in America 1790 to Present
Phillip Aries' Centuries of Childhood

And a sociological one that looked interesting:
https://books.google.co.kr/books?hl=en&lr=&id=q_EjCQAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=anthropology+and+the+construction+of+childhood&ots=EiPR30OMTA&sig=MUq_2SbvNv0MKZAx9DggFETLTi0#v=onepage&q=anthropology%20and%20the%20construction%20of%20childhood&f=false<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__books.google.co.kr_books-3Fhl-3Den-26lr-3D-26id-3Dq-5FEjCQAAQBAJ-26oi-3Dfnd-26pg-3DPP1-26dq-3Danthropology-2Band-2Bthe-2Bconstruction-2Bof-2Bchildhood-26ots-3DEiPR30OMTA-26sig-3DMUq-5F2SbvNv0MKZAx9DggFETLTi0-23v-3Donepage-26q-3Danthropology-2520and-2520the-2520construction-2520of-2520childhood-26f-3Dfalse&d=DwMFaQ&c=c6MrceVCY5m5A_KAUkrdoA&r=T292xnKwVOMtoHKpeIK_s9mDPzJBSXg6AqnqQfLlAoc&m=ewXVqpwCbT0unKtGQn0akz8PeW8q2eNK7HnBD-Fb4Wk&s=mcpd9DEsNsT3JUX8xli5RlGvWgROgZFSU0Mu2FRkYfg&e=>

And I came across this more accessible book while searching for the Kett and thought it might be useful (I haven't read it and so can't vouch for quality):
https://books.google.co.kr/books?hl=en&lr=&id=A19CDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PT7&dq=kett+history+of+childhood&ots=EJq_5BUBr4&sig=g_CvUkXGi32W18dhwKP-IZZecdI#v=onepage&q=kett%20history%20of%20childhood&f=false<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__books.google.co.kr_books-3Fhl-3Den-26lr-3D-26id-3DA19CDwAAQBAJ-26oi-3Dfnd-26pg-3DPT7-26dq-3Dkett-2Bhistory-2Bof-2Bchildhood-26ots-3DEJq-5F5BUBr4-26sig-3Dg-5FCvUkXGi32W18dhwKP-2DIZZecdI-23v-3Donepage-26q-3Dkett-2520history-2520of-2520childhood-26f-3Dfalse&d=DwMFaQ&c=c6MrceVCY5m5A_KAUkrdoA&r=T292xnKwVOMtoHKpeIK_s9mDPzJBSXg6AqnqQfLlAoc&m=ewXVqpwCbT0unKtGQn0akz8PeW8q2eNK7HnBD-Fb4Wk&s=mAuzFrkJgevPscWF4HdjVtFcmLbiGHbV-D64DevCa0U&e=>

Good luck!
-greg

On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 10:13 AM, Katherine Wester Neal <wester@uga.edu<mailto:wester@uga.edu>> wrote:
Thanks again! I'd forgotten about the Babies movie, and yes, it's perfect for this course. Now I have lots of reading to do!

If a database of collected works becomes available, I'd be happy to post the syllabus. It's for an undergrad seminar course.
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Subject: [Xmca-l] Re: cultural constructions of childhood?

That was a great list of recommendations you got, Katie, I am glad.

Things are going slower than anticipated, but hopefully we will sooner than later have a web platform for collecting this type of resources, such as course syllabus, etc. in one place, so that next time someone looks for the same, they can find it immediately. Right now, is still possible to do searches using keywords in xmca: http://lchc.ucsd.edu/MCA/Mail/index.html<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__lchc.ucsd.edu_MCA_Mail_index.html&d=DwMFaQ&c=c6MrceVCY5m5A_KAUkrdoA&r=T292xnKwVOMtoHKpeIK_s9mDPzJBSXg6AqnqQfLlAoc&m=ewXVqpwCbT0unKtGQn0akz8PeW8q2eNK7HnBD-Fb4Wk&s=8o-fQwdZ1iLj-44W_iV48wxthCN1pOi7hChjiqB-Uqo&e=> but we are hoping this will be very much improved. 

Cheers,

Alfredo

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Subject: [Xmca-l] Re: cultural constructions of childhood?

Some resources here too:

<http://hraf.yale.edu/a-cross-cultural-perspective-on-childhood/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__hraf.yale.edu_a-2Dcross-2Dcultural-2Dperspective-2Don-2Dchildhood_&d=DwMFaQ&c=c6MrceVCY5m5A_KAUkrdoA&r=T292xnKwVOMtoHKpeIK_s9mDPzJBSXg6AqnqQfLlAoc&m=ewXVqpwCbT0unKtGQn0akz8PeW8q2eNK7HnBD-Fb4Wk&s=Zrv_sXuklAEgfx6vsBupFIk_BMFiNxk1LwgObU4w26c&e=>>

Martin

On Jun 5, 2018, at 1:31 PM, Katherine Wester Neal <wester@uga.edu<mailto:wester@uga.edu>> wrote:

Yes, very helpful suggestions, and thank you! Potential article suggestions also welcome... :)

Katie Wester-Neal, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Teacher Education & Literacy
Gordon State College

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Subject: [Xmca-l] Re: cultural constructions of childhood?

Hi, Katie,

Here's another one that you might find interesting.

I, personally, think it's brilliant.

https://www.amazon.com/Everyday-Lives-Young-Children-Societies-ebook/dp/B00190VF0Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1528222902&sr=8-1&keywords=everyday+lives+of+young+children%3A+culture%2C+class+and+child+rearing<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.amazon.com_Everyday-2DLives-2DYoung-2DChildren-2DSocieties-2Debook_dp_B00190VF0Y_ref-3Dsr-5F1-5F1-3Fie-3DUTF8-26qid-3D1528222902-26sr-3D8-2D1-26keywords-3Deveryday-2Blives-2Bof-2Byoung-2Bchildren-253A-2Bculture-252C-2Bclass-2Band-2Bchild-2Brearing&d=DwMFaQ&c=c6MrceVCY5m5A_KAUkrdoA&r=T292xnKwVOMtoHKpeIK_s9mDPzJBSXg6AqnqQfLlAoc&m=ewXVqpwCbT0unKtGQn0akz8PeW8q2eNK7HnBD-Fb4Wk&s=pkdLa2n0JLbaLgud2T5lyznLat4UZETXNtTQ4jGDkKE&e=>

Cheers,

Jon

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On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 2:11 PM, Martin Packer <mpacker@cantab.net<mailto:mpacker@cantab.net>> wrote:
Katie, I believe that someone mentioned this…  :)

<https://www.amazon.com/Child-Development-Understanding-Cultural-Perspective/dp/1473993377<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.amazon.com_Child-2DDevelopment-2DUnderstanding-2DCultural-2DPerspective_dp_1473993377&d=DwMFaQ&c=c6MrceVCY5m5A_KAUkrdoA&r=T292xnKwVOMtoHKpeIK_s9mDPzJBSXg6AqnqQfLlAoc&m=ewXVqpwCbT0unKtGQn0akz8PeW8q2eNK7HnBD-Fb4Wk&s=8_cHO2E_cXtqK4H1CK69Uzmct-iNx-UUJwCnGWy0TCA&e=>>

Martin

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On Jun 5, 2018, at 11:43 AM, Katherine Wester Neal <wester@uga.edu<mailto:wester@uga.edu>> wrote:

Hello xmca-ers,

Long time reader, rare contributor with a question for a course I'll be teaching soon. Besides Rogoff's Cultural Nature of Human Development, what else would you recommend in that vein? In the course, we will be exploring multiple constructions of childhood across different cultures.

Thanks for your help,
Katie

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Gordon State College

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