Cultural Approaches to Parenting

Hillsdale, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 0805810021 . No signatures.; xiv, 209 pages. Papered boards. Page dimensions: 228 x 149mm. Various contributors. "This work sets out similarities and differences in enculturation processes that help to account for the ways in which individuals in different cultures develop. Each chapter addresses a parenting topic and sets it in cultural context." Table of Contents:Contents: Introduction. M.H. Bornstein, Approaches to Parenting in Culture. Part I: Conceptions of Parenting: Cultural Attitudes and Actions. H. Papousek, M. Papousek, Innate and Cultural Guidance of Infants' Integrative Competencies: China, The United States, and Germany. A. Pomerleau, G. Malcuit, C. Sabatier, Child-Rearing Practices and Parental Beliefs in Three Cultural Groups of Montreal: Quebecois, Vietnamese, Haitian. M.H. Bornstein, J. Tal, C.S. Tamis-LeMonda, Parenting in Cross-Cultural Perspective: The United States, France, and Japan. G.A. Morelli, E.Z. Tronick, Parenting and Child Development in the Efe Foragers and Lese Farmers of Zaire. T.B. Brazelton, Discussion: Cultural Attitudes and Actions. Part II: Consequences of Parenting: Dynamics of Enculturation. M. Sigman, T.D. Wachs, Structure, Continuity, and Nutritional Correlates of Caregiver Behavior Patterns in Kenya and Egypt. M. Shatz, Using Cross-Cultural Research to Inform Us About the Role of Language in Development: Comparisons of Japanese, Korean, and English, and of German, American English, and British English. J. Dunn, J. Brown, Becoming American or English? Talking About the Social World in England and the United States. B. Rogoff, J. Mistry, A. Goncu, C. Mosier, Cultural Variation in the Role Relations of Toddlers and Their Families. W. Kessen, Commentary: Dynamics of Enculturation. ; Crosscurrents in Contemporary Psychology; 8vo .