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The Roads of Chinese Childhood
Contributor(s): Stafford, Charles (Author)

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 ISBN: 0521465745     ISBN-13: 9780521465748
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: June 1995
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Annotation: Children in the Taiwanese fishing community of Angang have their attention drawn, consciously and unconsciously, to various forms of identification through their participation in schooling, family life and popular religion. They read texts about 'virtuous mothers', share 'meaningful foods' with other villagers, visit the altars of 'divining children' and participate in 'dangerous' god-strengthening rituals. In particular they learn about the family-based cycle of reciprocity, and the tension between this and commitment to the nation. Charles Stafford's study of childhood in this community (with additional material from northeastern mainland China) explores absorbing issues related to nurturance, education, family, kinship and society in its analysis of how children learn, or do not learn, to identify themselves as both familial and Chinese.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social
- Social Science | Children's Studies
Dewey: 305.230
LCCN: 94035660
Series: Cambridge Studies in Social & Cultural Anthropology
Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.28" W x 9.31" L (1.10 lbs) 234 pages
Features: Glossary, Illustrated
 
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Children in the Taiwanese fishing community of Angang have their attention drawn, consciously and unconsciously, to various forms of identification through their participation in schooling, family life and popular religion. They read texts about virtuous mothers, share meaningful foods with other villagers, visit the altars of divining children and participate in dangerous god-strengthening rituals. In particular they learn about the family-based cycle of reciprocity, and the tension between this and commitment to the nation. Charles Stafford's study of childhood in this community (with additional material from northeastern mainland China) explores absorbing issues related to nurturance, education, family, kinship and society in its analysis of how children learn, or do not learn, to identify themselves as both familial and chinese.
 
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