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Technological change and child behavior among the !Kung

Ethnology • 27 • Published In 1988 • Pages: 339-365

By: Draper, Patricia, Cashdan, Elizabeth A..

Abstract

The source examines how changes in subsistence economy has affected child behavior and relations between parents and children among the !Kung San of Western Botswana. The authors' investigation is based on comparative observations of child play and behavior and child-adult interactions in two groups of !Kung San, one a sedentary group living in several villages in the !Kangwa Valley and practicing a mixed economy of gardening, stock raising, and gathering and the other a nomadic hunting and gathering group occupying the area in the vicinity of the Namibia-Botswana border. The authors show that the adoption of sedentary life and the attending changes in economic activities are associated with changes in the social interaction between parents and children and between children and their peers.

HRAF PubDate

2005

Region

Africa

Sub Region

Southern Africa

Document Type

article

Evaluation

Creator Type

Ethnologist

Document Rating

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

Gerald Reid ; 1988

Field Date

1968-1969

Coverage Date

1968-1969

Coverage Place

!Kwanga and Duda areas, Botswana

Notes

By Patricia Draper and Elizabeth Cashdan

Includes bibliographical references (p. 362-365)

LCCN

64005713

LCSH

San (African people)