book chapter
Variations in infant interaction: illustrative cases
Child care and culture : lessons from Africa [by] Robert A. LeVine … [et al.] ; with the collaboration of James Caron … [et al • Cambridge [England] • Published In 1994 • Pages: 224-244
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
Gusii parent share a cultural model of child care, but their central tendencies in implementing it do not adequately convey the diversity of environmental conditions in which Gusii infants are raised. To illustrate this diversity the author(s) chose a sample of 28 sets of parents differing in age with infants differing in birth order. From this sample three infants -- Salome, Justin, and Evans -- and their parents were chosen for more intensive study. Factors such as parental relations, the affluence and seniority of the mother, the birth order of the child, the competing demands of work , child care by the mother and older children, and the attachment of infants to the mother are all discussed in regard to their respective roles in the child's personality development.
- 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
- 1974-1976
- 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)