Child Development Within Culturally Structured Environments, Volume 3: Comparative-Cultural and Constructivist Perspectives

by Jaan Valsiner

Overview

. . . provides rich and interesting detail about the conditions, values, and experiences of children and those who rear them - Contemporary Psychology

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780893918330
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	01/01/1995
Series:	Advances in Child Development Within Culturally Structured Environments Series , #3
Pages:	314
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

lsiner /f Jaan

Table of Contents

Introduction: Social Co-construction of Psychological Development from a Comparative-cultural Perspective
CULTURAL ORGANIZATION OF SOCIAL INTERACTION IN EARLY ONTOGENY
The Study of Early Interaction in a Contextual Perspective: Culture, Communication, and Eye Contact
Transformation and Construction in Social Interaction: A NewPerspective on Analysis of the Mother-Infant Dyad
CULTURAL ORGANIZATION OF THE LIFE COURSE: INSIGHTS INTO THE PROCESS OF SOCIALIZATION
"Amoral Familism" and Child Development: Edward Banfield and the Understanding of Child Socialization in Southern Italy
Childrearing Practices Relevant for the Growth of Dependency and Competence in Children
Transformation of Women's Social Roles in India
A Co-constructivist Perspective of Life-course Changes Among Havik Brahmins in a South India Village
Epilogue: Comparative-cultural co-constructionism and Its Discontents
Author Index
Subject Index

Editorial Reviews

Contributors approach the issue of human development in culturally organized environments and the integration of the personal and social aspects of self-development. Topics include cultural organization of social interaction in early ontogeny, the process of socialization, transformation of women's roles in India, co-construction of self in adolescence, and cultural organization of intellectual competence. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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