essay

Notes on childhood in nonviolent context: the Semai case

learning non-aggressionNew York • Published In 1978 • Pages: 94-143

By: Dentan, Robert Knox.

Abstract
This source focuses on describing the ways in which the Semai enculturate their children to be non-violent. As the author views the problem of enculturation into non-violence, the process begins before the child's birth. Thus, the author examines concepts and practices related to pregnancy, childbirth, and infant and childhood training. In the examination of childhood training the author discusses, among other things, the teaching of fear and caution and the treatment of aggression in children.
Subjects
Drives and emotions
Personal names
Animism
Religious practices
Ethnopsychology
Ethnosociology
Pregnancy
Childbirth
Infancy and childhood
Socialization
culture
Semai
HRAF PubDate
2012
Region
Asia
Sub Region
Southeast Asia
Document Type
essay
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Gerald Reid; 1989
Field Date
1962-1963, 1975
Coverage Date
1962-1975
Coverage Place
West Malaysia
Notes
Robert Knox Dentan
Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-143)
LCCN
77011675
LCSH
Senoi (Southeast Asian people)