{"product_id":"rituals-and-patterns-in-childrens-kathy-merlock-jackson-9780299208301","title":"Rituals and Patterns in Children's Lives","description":"\u003cp\u003e Trick-or-treating. Flower girls. Bedtime stories. Bar and bat mitvah. In a nation of increasing ethnic, familial, and technological complexity, the patterns of children's lives both persist and evolve. This book considers how such events shape identity and transmit cultural norms, asking such questions as: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e * How do immigrant families negotiate between old traditions and new?\u003cbr\u003e * What does it mean when children engage in ritual insults and sick jokes? \u003cbr\u003e * How does playing with dolls reflect and construct feelings of racial identity? \u003cbr\u003e * Whatever happened to the practice of going to the Saturday matinee to see a Western?\u003cbr\u003e * What does it mean for a child to be (in the words of one bride) \"flower-girl material\"? How does that role\u003cbr\u003e cement a girl's bond to her family and initiate her into society? \u003cbr\u003e * What is the function of masks and costumes, and why do children yearn for these accoutrements of disguise? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eRituals and Patterns in Children's Lives \u003c\/i\u003esuggests the manifold ways in which America's children come to know their society and themselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kathy Merlock Jackson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0299208303\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299208301\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Popular Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/26\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.28h x 6.78w x 0.88d","brand":"Kathy Merlock Jackson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48135965933823,"sku":"9780299208301","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e081e91d-90b0-4f28-a134-537f54497830.jpg?v=1770159627","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rituals-and-patterns-in-childrens-kathy-merlock-jackson-9780299208301","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}