Biosocial Perspectives on Children,9780521572972

Biosocial Perspectives on Children

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ISBN13: 9780521572972
ISBN10: 0521572975
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1998-06-13
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
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Summary

Childhood is a uniquely human life-stage, and is both a biological phenomenon and a social construct. Research on children is currently of wide-ranging interest. This groundbreaking book presents reviews of childhood from four major areas of interest--human evolution, sociology/social anthropology, biomedical anthropology and developmental psychology--to form a biosocial, cross-cultural understanding of childhood. The book places a strong emphasis on how childhood varies from culture to culture, offering examples from developed and developing countries, as well as from other animal species. It will be of interest to students and scholars within the fields of human biology, anthropology, sociology, health studies, and developmental psychology.

Table of Contents

Contributors xi
1. Introduction: biosocial research on children
1(9)
CATHERINE PANTER-BRICK
Child-centred perspective
1(1)
Cross-cultural variability
2(1)
Biosocial contributions
3(5)
Acknowledgement
8(1)
References
8(2)
2. Evolutionary and biological aspects of childhood
10(35)
BARRY BOGIN
Introduction
10(3)
Evolution of human ontogeny
13(2)
Critiques of heterochrony
15(1)
The case of de novo childhood
15(4)
Rate of growth
19(1)
Feeding and breeding
19(4)
Mathematical evidence for childhood
23(2)
How and when did the human pattern evolve?
25(4)
Who benefits from childhood?
29(1)
Human reproductive strategy
30(7)
Conclusion
37(1)
Appendix
37(4)
References
41(4)
3. From the child's point of view: issues in the social construction of childhood
45(21)
ALLISON JAMES
Introduction
45(1)
Childhood as a cultural universal?
45(2)
Envisioning the child
47(5)
Children's as social actors
52(6)
Children's construction of childhood
58(3)
Conclusion
61(2)
References
63(3)
4. Biological anthropology and child health: context, process and outcome
66(36)
CATHERINE PANTER-BRICK
Introduction
66(1)
Measuring outcomes of ill health
67(1)
Demographic indicators
68(2)
Anthropometric indicators
70(9)
Measuring the processes of ill health
79(1)
Infection and malnutrition
79(2)
Physical activity
81(8)
Stress and well-being
89(4)
Conclusion
93(1)
References
94(8)
5. Child psychology and anthropology: an environmental view
102(29)
ROBERT A. LEVINE
Introduction
102(1)
An historical overview
102(6)
Nature and nurture
108(2)
The current state of knowledge: summary formulation
110(6)
Environmental optimisation theory
116(9)
Conclusion
125(1)
References
126(5)
6. The meeting of nature and nurture and the development of children: some conclusions
131(16)
MARTIN RICHARDS
Introduction
131(1)
Comments on contributions
132(4)
Talking about genes
136(2)
Beyond the interaction of nature and nurture
138(4)
Constructionism and the system's view of child development
142(2)
Conclusion
144(1)
References
145(2)
Glossary 147(6)
Index of selected authors 153(3)
Index of ethnographic examples 156(2)
Subject index 158

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