Words at Work and Play

by Shirley Brice Heath

Book Overview

Childhood and family life have changed significantly in recent decades. What is the nature of these changes? How have they affected the use of time, space, work and play? In what ways have they influenced face-to-face talk and the uses of technology within families and communities? Eminent anthropologist Shirley Brice Heath sets out to find answers to these and similar questions, tracking the lives of 300 black and white working-class families as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052160303X
• ISBN13: 9780521603034
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"