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Author Senft, Barbara, author

Title Growing up on the Trobriand Islands in Papua New Guinea : childhood and educational ideologies in Tauwema / Barbara Senft, Gunter Senft
Published Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Culture and Language Use Ser. ; v. 21
Culture and Language Use Ser
Contents Childhood in Tauwema -- Educational ideologies -- Max Weber on the Trobriands or rather A.S. Neill? Or neither of them? -- The concept of the balanced society
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Children -- Papua New Guinea -- Trobriand Islands
Education -- Papua New Guinea -- Trobriand Islands
Trobriand Islanders -- Social life and customs
Children
Education
Manners and customs
SUBJECT Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea) -- Social life and customs
Subject Papua New Guinea -- Trobriand Islands
Form Electronic book
Author Senft, Gunter, 1952- editor.
LC no. 2018040535
ISBN 9027264104
9789027264107