book chapter

Infant care: cultural norms and interpersonal environment

Child care and culture : lessons from Africa [by] Robert A. LeVine … [et al.] ; with the collaboration of James Caron … [et alCambridge [England] • Published In 1994 • Pages: 143-168, 314-315

By: LeVine, Robert Alan, Levine, Sarah (Sarah E.), Leiderman, P. Herbert, Brazelton, T. Berry, Dixon, Suzanne, Richman, Amy, Keefer, Constance H., Caron, James, New, Rebecca Staples, Miller, Patrice, Tronick, Edward, Feigal, David, Yaman, Josephine.

Abstract
This article is concerned with the manner in which Gusii mothers define infant care -- their shared assumptions about the tasks and standards involved -- and examines the infant's interpersonal environment over the first 30 months of life. Age trends in the infant's social ecology are analyzed in relation to family characteristics and to developmental patterns measured by the Bayley Infant Scales (p. 143).
Subjects
Sociocultural trends
Infant feeding
Infant care
Development and maturation
Childhood activities
culture
Gusii
HRAF PubDate
2000
Region
Africa
Sub Region
Eastern Africa
Document Type
book chapter
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
John Beierle ; 2005
Field Date
1974-1976
Coverage Date
1950-1976
Coverage Place
Morongo (a pseudonym), southwestern Kenya
Notes
[by] Robert A. LeVine … [et al.] ; with the collaboration of James Caron … [et al.]
For bibliographical references see 6: Levine [et al.]
LCCN
93033584
LCSH
Gusii (African people)