Child Care and Culture: Lessons from Africa

by Suzanne D. Dixon, Robert A. LeVine, Sarah Levine, et al.

Book Overview

Child Care and Culture examines parenthood, infancy, and early childhood in an African community, revealing patterns unanticipated by current theories of child development and raising provocative questions about the concept of 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. Combining the perspectives...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052157546X
• ISBN13: 9780521575461
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"