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Growing Up in a Culture of Respect : Child Rearing in Highland Peru / Inge Bolin.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©2006Description: 1 online resource (232 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780292795976
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.23/089/983230853 22
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. From the Womb to the Cradle -- Chapter 2. Early Childhood -- Chapter 3. Children at Play and Work -- Chapter 4. The Many Faces of Learning -- Chapter 5. Rituals and Ceremonies on Top of the World -- Chapter 6. Adolescence: A Time of Many Challenges -- Chapter 7. Building a Society of Respect -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Far from the mainstream of society, the pastoral community of Chillihuani in the high Peruvian Andes rears children who are well-adjusted, creative, and curious. They exhibit superior social and cognitive skills and maintain an attitude of respect for all life as they progress smoothly from childhood to adulthood without a troubled adolescence. What makes such child-rearing success even more remarkable is that "childhood" is not recognized as a distinct phase of life. Instead, children assume adult rights and responsibilities at an early age in order to help the community survive in a rugged natural environment and utter material poverty. This beautifully written ethnography provides the first full account of child-rearing practices in the high Peruvian Andes. Inge Bolin traces children's lives from birth to adulthood and finds truly amazing strategies of child rearing, as well as impressive ways of living that allow teenagers to enjoy the adolescent stage of their lives while contributing significantly to the welfare of their families and the community. Throughout her discussion, Bolin demonstrates that traditional practices of respect, whose roots reach back to pre-Columbian times, are what enable the children of the high Andes to mature into dignified, resilient, and caring adults.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. From the Womb to the Cradle -- Chapter 2. Early Childhood -- Chapter 3. Children at Play and Work -- Chapter 4. The Many Faces of Learning -- Chapter 5. Rituals and Ceremonies on Top of the World -- Chapter 6. Adolescence: A Time of Many Challenges -- Chapter 7. Building a Society of Respect -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index

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Far from the mainstream of society, the pastoral community of Chillihuani in the high Peruvian Andes rears children who are well-adjusted, creative, and curious. They exhibit superior social and cognitive skills and maintain an attitude of respect for all life as they progress smoothly from childhood to adulthood without a troubled adolescence. What makes such child-rearing success even more remarkable is that "childhood" is not recognized as a distinct phase of life. Instead, children assume adult rights and responsibilities at an early age in order to help the community survive in a rugged natural environment and utter material poverty. This beautifully written ethnography provides the first full account of child-rearing practices in the high Peruvian Andes. Inge Bolin traces children's lives from birth to adulthood and finds truly amazing strategies of child rearing, as well as impressive ways of living that allow teenagers to enjoy the adolescent stage of their lives while contributing significantly to the welfare of their families and the community. Throughout her discussion, Bolin demonstrates that traditional practices of respect, whose roots reach back to pre-Columbian times, are what enable the children of the high Andes to mature into dignified, resilient, and caring adults.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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