Format:
1 Online-Ressource (276 pages)
ISBN:
9789027264107
Series Statement:
Culture and Language Use Ser v.21
Content:
"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"--
Content:
Intro -- Growing up on the Trobriand Islands in Papua New Guinea -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Epigraph -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- List of maps, figures, tables and photographs -- Maps -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Childhood in Tauwema -- 2.1 The fieldsite: Tauwema village on Kaile'una Island -- 2.2 The first period in the childrens' lifetime -- 2.2.1 Conception, birth and birth-giving -- 2.2.2 The suckling -- 2.2.3 Weaning the suckling -- 2.2.4 Excursus: Adoption -- 2.3 The following period in the childrens' lifetime until they reach the age of seven -- 2.3.1 Life in the children's group - who plays with whom when and where -- 2.3.2 The games the children play -- 2.3.2.1 Dance, song and rhythmic games -- 2.3.2.2 Games with objects and materials -- 2.3.2.3 Role-playing games -- 2.3.2.4 Construction games -- 2.3.2.5 Fighting and competition games -- 2.3.2.6 Hunting games -- 2.3.3 Two basic functions of the games -- 2.3.3.1 Testing and developing motor skills and physical abilities -- 2.3.3.2 Getting acquainted and becoming familiar with various objects and materials -- 2.3.4 The children's socialization into the Trobriand community -- 2.3.4.1 Gender and sex-specific role-play -- 2.3.4.2 Tradition and control of norms with respect to the expression of emotions -- 2.3.4.3 Tradition and control of norms with respect to requesting, giving and taking -- 2.3.4.4 The role of the children's "small republic" -- 2.3.5 The child in the adult world -- 2.3.5.1 Relationships between parents, grandparents and children -- 2.3.5.2 Domains of education: obedience - personal hygiene - work - tradition of culture - morals -- 2.4 Children after the age of seven years - a brief outlook -- 3. Educational ideologies -- 3.1 Gerubara's account of a "village talk" - a livalela valu
Content:
3.2 Gerubara's tale "the good girl and the bad girl" - vivila bwena vivila gaga -- 3.3 Gerubara's advice for children - gugwadi asi guguya -- 3.4 Keda'ila's speech "educating children in the good customs of Tauwema village" - education pela gugwadi pela bubunesi bwena valu Tauwema -- 4. Max Weber on the Trobriands? - Or rather A. S. Neill? - Or neither of them? -- Appendix I -- References -- Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789027200693
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Senft, Barbara Growing up on the Trobiand Islands in Papua New Guinea : Childhood and Educational Ideologies in Tauwema Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company,c2018 ISBN 9789027200693
Language:
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