COUNTRY LIVING I came into this world not quite four years ago, on a pretty fall day. There were six of us kids--me, two sisters, and three brothers. Born in a goat pen on a farm, at the age of three days, I overheard the farmer and his lady friend. He called her honey; funny name for a lady. They were saying my dear old mom had too many of us to feed, that she would soon run out of milk for us little ones. The farmer said to his lady friend, he would see if someone in town would take one or two of us in and take care of us. A couple of days later, the farmer and his...
COUNTRY LIVING I came into this world not quite four years ago, on a pretty fall day. There were six of us kids--me, two sisters, and three broth...
Drawing on both sociological and anthropological perspectives, this volume explores cross-national trends and everyday experiences of parenting .
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Parenting in Global Perspective" examines the significance of parenting as a subject of professional expertise, and activity in which adults are increasingly expected to be emotionally absorbed and become personally fulfilled. By focusing the significance of parenting as a form of relationship and as mediated by family relationships across time and space, the book explores the points of accommodation and points of tension between...
Drawing on both sociological and anthropological perspectives, this volume explores cross-national trends and everyday experiences of parenting . <...
Quiet Riot offers an anthropological critique of teaching and learning in two U.S. high schools over a twenty-seven year period. Based on the author's experiences shadowing two average students in 1983 and 2009, it presents detailed observations that powerfully capture the reality of student experiences in school.
Quiet Riot offers an anthropological critique of teaching and learning in two U.S. high schools over a twenty-seven year period. Based on the author...
Quiet Riot offers an anthropological critique of teaching and learning in two U.S. high schools over a twenty-seven year period. Based on the author's experiences shadowing two average students in 1983 and 2009, it presents detailed observations that powerfully capture the reality of student experiences in school.
Quiet Riot offers an anthropological critique of teaching and learning in two U.S. high schools over a twenty-seven year period. Based on the author...
