A World of Babies: Imagined Childcare Guides for Seven Societies | 
 enlarge | Creators: Judy S. Deloache, Alma Gottlieb
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Edition: 1
Pages: 296
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Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 0.8
ISBN: 0521664756
Dewey Decimal Number: 649.1
EAN: 9780521664752
Publication Date: May 18, 2000
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Product Description
Are babies divine, or do they have the devil in them? Should parents talk to their infants, or is it a waste of time? Answers to questions about the nature and nurture of infants appear in this book as advice to parents in seven world societies. Imagine what Dr. Spock might have written if he were a healer from Bali...or an Aboriginal grandmother from the Australian desert...or a diviner from a rural village in West Africa. As the seven "child care manuals" in this book reveal, experts worldwide offer intriguingly different advice to new parents. A World of Babies brings alive infant care practices around the world in the form of baby and child care manuals "written" by members of seven real societies. The information, while presented in an imaginative fictive format, is based on extensive research by anthropologists, psychologists, and historians. Encountering fascinating facts about how people in other societies view and raise their babies, readers may be led to see the beliefs and practices of their own society from a new perspective. The creative format of this book brings alive a rich fund of ethnographic knowledge, vividly illustrating a simple but powerful truth: there exist many models of babyhood, each shaped by deeply held values and widely varying cultural contexts. After reading this book, you will never again view child-rearing as a matter of "common sense." Judy DeLoache is Professor of Psychology at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Alma Gottlieb is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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A World of Babies brings alive infant care practices around the world in the form of Dr. Spock-like baby and child care manuals "written" by members of seven real societies. The information, while presented in an imaginative format, is based on extensive research by anthropologists, psychologists, and historians. Encountering fascinating facts about how people in other societies view and raise their babies, readers may be led to see the beliefs and practices of their own society from a new perspective.
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Loved "A World of Babies" January 13, 2001
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Wonderful perspective(s) on raising kids! DeLoache and Gottlieb have succeeded in making "A world of Babies" amusing, yet there's that serious undercurrent of promoting understanding. I recommend it for young moms and dads -- there are lots of good ways to bring up babies. This grandma enjoyed it tremendously. As my own mom used to say, you can make all kinds of mistakes rearing children, but as long as you give them lots of love they'll turn out fine.
Informative and Amusing December 28, 2005
CoffeeMom (Wisconsin)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I loved this book. They took all dryess out of an anthroplogic look at babies in diffrent cultures.
a great book-refreshing and not boring like other baby care books July 1, 2006
fire dragon
this book shows how babies are cared for and in some ways even honoured in seven societies around the world.some manuals are written by family members and others by respected members of the society in question(fictional members of course)
this is a good book,a change from other baby books in the sense that it is not boring and it may even give you a few tips on improving your relationship with you child or caring for them better
a wonderful book! January 5, 2007
AMC
I just finsished this book and loved it! It is very informative, but also creative in it's format. I definatly recommend reading it if you are interested in mother/child/family relationships in various cultures in various points in history.
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