Why don't anthropologists like children?

American Anthropologist

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 611-627

  Hirschfeld, Lawrence A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisition of Cultural Knowledge; Anthropology of Childhood; Children's Culture; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347570815     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: 15481433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aa.2002.104.2.611     Document Type: Article

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