Cultural practices as contexts for development

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Label

Cultural practices as contexts for development

Statement of responsibility

Jacqueline J. Goodnow, Peggy J. Miller, Frank Kessel, editors

Contributor

• Goodnow, Jacqueline J
• Kessel, Frank S
• Miller, Peggy J., (Peggy Jo), 1950-

Subject

• Anthropology -- Congresses
• Child development -- Cross-cultural studies | Congresses
• Conference papers and proceedings
• Culture -- Congresses
• Developmental psychology -- Congresses
• Developmental psychology -- Cross-cultural studies | Congresses
• Social psychology -- Congresses

Genre

• Congresses
• Cross-cultural studies
• Conference papers and proceedings

Language

eng

Summary

How can the concepts of culture and context be incorporated into accounts of development and research on development? This volume of New Directions for Child Development introduces approaches based on the notion of cultural practices; these are viewed as meaningful actions that occur routinely in everyday life, are widely shared by members of the group, and carry normative expectations about the way things should be done. To illustrate use of the concept, four of the chapters describe specific research studies, drawn from anthropology, psychology, and sociology. These are framed by a general introduction to the concept of cultural practices and a commentary on its connection to other concepts, such as activity and activity system

Member of

• New directions for child development, no. 67

Cataloging source

TFW

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

New directions for child development

Series volume

no. 67, Spring 1995