Biosocial perspectives on children

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Contributors = xi
• 1. Introduction : biosolial research on children / CATHERINE PANTER-BRICK
• Chill-centred perspectives = 1
• Cross-cultural variability = 2
• Biosocial contributions = 3
• Acknowledgement = 8
• References = 8
• 2. Evolutionary and biological aspects of childhood / BARRY BOGIN
• Introduction = 10
• Evolution of human ontogeny = 13
• Critiques of heterochrony = 15
• The case of do novo childhood = 15
• Rate of growth = 19
• Feeding and breeding = 19
• Mathematical evidence for childhood = 23
• How and when did the human pattern evolve? = 25
• Who benefits from childhood? = 29
• Human reproductive strategy = 30
• Conclusion = 37
• Appendix = 37
• References = 41
• 3. From the child's point of view : issues in the social construction of childhood / ALLISON JAMES
• Introduction = 45
• Childhood as a cultural universal? = 45
• Envisioning the child = 47
• Children as social actors = 52
• Children's construction of childhood = 58
• Conclusion = 61
• References = 63
• 4. Biological anthropology and child health : context, process and outcome / CATHERINE PANTER-BRICK
• Introduction = 66
• Measuring outcomes of ill health = 67
• Demographic indicators = 68
• Anthropometric indicators = 70
• Measuring the processes of ill health = 79
• Infection and malnutrition = 79
• Physical activity = 81
• Stress and well-being = 89
• Conclusion = 93
• References = 94
• 5. Child psychology and anthropology : an environmental view / ROBERT A. LEVINE
• Introduction = 102
• An historical overview = 102
• Nature and nurture = 108
• The current state of knowledge : summary formulation = 110
• Environmental optimisation theory = 116
• Conclusion = 125
• References = 126
• 6. The meetins of nature and nurture and the development of children : some conclusions / MARTIN RICHARDS
• Introduction = 131
• Comments on contributions = 132
• Talking about genes = 136
• Beyond the interaction of nature and nurture = 138
• Constructionism and the system's view of child development = 142
• Conclusion = 144
• References = 145
• Glossary = 147
• Index of selected authors = 153
• Index of ethnographic examples = 156
• Subject index = 158