Between interactions and commodities: Musical parenting of infants and toddlers in Brazil

Music Education Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-67

  Ilari, Beatriz ^a   Moura, Auro ^a   Bourscheidt, Luis ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO FEDERAL DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; commodified babyhoods; early childhood; middle class; musical parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953035106     PISSN: 14613808     EISSN: 14699893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14613808.2011.553277     Document Type: Article

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