Growing up on the Trobriand Islands in Papua New Guinea : childhood and educational ideologies in Tauwema /

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Author / Creator:Senft, Barbara, author.
Imprint:Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2018]
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Series:Culture and Language Use Ser. ; v. 21
Culture and Language Use Ser.
Subject:Children -- Papua New Guinea -- Trobriand Islands.
Education -- Papua New Guinea -- Trobriand Islands.
Trobriand Islanders -- Social life and customs.
Trobriandais -- Mœurs et coutumes.
Children.
Education.
Manners and customs.
Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea) -- Social life and customs.
Trobriand, Îles (Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée) -- Mœurs et coutumes.
Papua New Guinea -- Trobriand Islands.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12333694
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Other authors / contributors:Senft, Gunter, 1952- editor.
ISBN:9027264104
9789027264107
9789027200693
9027200696
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:"This volume deals with the children's socialization on the Trobriands. After a survey of ethnographic studies on childhood, the book zooms in on indigenous ideas of conception and birth-giving, the children's early development, their integration into playgroups, their games and their education within their own little community' until they reach the age of seven years. During this time children enjoy much autonomy and independence. Attempts of parental education are confined to a minimum. However, parents use subtle means to raise their children. Educational ideologies are manifest in narratives and in speeches addressed to children. They provide guidelines for their integration into the Trobrianders' "balanced society" which is characterized by cooperation and competition. It does not allow individual accumulation of wealth - surplus property gained has to be redistributed - but it values the fame acquired by individuals in competitive rituals. Fame is not regarded as threatening the balance of their society"--
Other form:Print version: Senft, Barbara. Growing up on the Trobiand Islands in Papua New Guinea. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2018] 9789027200693