An Introduction to Childhood: Anthropological Perspectives on Children's Lives by Montgomery, Heather

An Introduction to Childhood: Anthropological Perspectives on Children's Lives (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781405125901)

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An Introduction to Childhood: Anthropological Perspectives on Children's Lives by Montgomery, Heather

An Introduction to Childhood: Anthropological Perspectives on Children's Lives

$43.95
An Introduction to Childhood: Anthropological Perspectives on Children's Lives by Montgomery, Heather

An Introduction to Childhood: Anthropological Perspectives on Children's Lives

$43.95
Format: Paperback
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In An Introduction to Childhood, Heather Montgomery examines the role children have played within anthropology, how they have been studied by anthropologists and how they have been portrayed and analyzed in ethnographic monographs over the last one hundred and fifty years.
  • Offers a comprehensive overview of childhood from an anthropological perspective
  • Draws upon a wide range of examples and evidence from different geographical areas and belief systems
  • Synthesizes existing literature on the anthropology of childhood, while providing a fresh perspective
  • Engages students with illustrative ethnographies to illuminate key topics and themes


Author: Heather Montgomery
ISBN-10: 140512590X
ISBN-13: 9781405125901
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English
Published: 10/20/2008
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d

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By Heather Montgomery
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Heather Montgomery is a Senior Lecturer in Childhood Studies at The Open University. She has written on children and sexuality, tourism, children's rights and on the role of children in anthropology. Her publications include Modern Babylon? Prostituting Children in Thailand (2001), Understanding Childhood: An Interdisciplinary Approach (2003, with Martin Woodhead), and Changing Childhoods: Global and Local (2003, with Martin Woodhead and Rachel Burr).

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