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Maasai Childhood

The Rhythm of Learning in Daily Work and Play Routines

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

AvXiaojie Tian

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This book aims to provide comprehensive ethnographic documentation of pastoralist childhood and child learning, based on the author’s long-term fieldwork in pastoralist Maasai society in southern Kenya.

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Utgivningsdatum2024-12-13
Mått148 x 210 x 21 mm
Vikt496 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SeriePalgrave Studies on the Anthropology of Childhood and Youth
Antal sidor278
FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
ISBN9783031737794

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Xiaojie Tian is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan. Her research interests include children’s daily activities and learning outside school, the relation of children and natural environment, and ethnobiological knowledge transmission and (re-)generation in East African pastoral societies. Recently, she has also delved into the study of sport anthropology and sport histories, with a focus on traditional games, movement culture, and sport issues in African society.

Part I: Chapter 1: Childhood and Parenting Complex.- Chapter 2: Pastoralism and Pastoralist Children in East Africa.- Part II: Chapter 3: Birth and Early Childcare in Maasai Society.- Chapter 4: The Spheres of Life and Daily Activities of Maasai Children.- Chapter 5: Childhood Play in Maasai Society.- Part III: Chapter 6: Boys’ Ways of Learning, Developmental Trajectories, and Life Histories.- Chapter 7: Girls’ Ways of Learning, Developmental Trajectories, and Life Histories.- Chapter 8: Reframing the Past and Future of Pastoralist Childhood.