Childhoods in shifting analytical spaces: Cross-cultural, biocultural, and human ecological perspectives

Reviews in Anthropology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 197-216

  Leifsen, Esben ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Agency of children; Childcare; Childhood; Enculturation; Socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649724604     PISSN: 00938157     EISSN: 15563014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00938150903110617     Document Type: Article

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