Growing up on the Trobriand Islands in Papua New Guinea. Childhood and educational ideologies in Tauwema

• Main Author: Barbara Senft (auth)
• Other Authors: Gunter Senft (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: John Benjamins Publishing Company 2018
• Series: Culture and Language Use. Studies in Anthropological Linguistics
• Subjects: Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography; Papua New Guinea; Anthropological linguistics; Education; Anthropology
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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 educa...