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Rituals and Patterns in Children's Lives
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Rituals and Patterns in Children’s Lives

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Trick-or-treating. Flower girls. Bedtime stories. Bar and bat mitzvah. In a nation of increasing ethnic, familial, and technological complexity, the patterns of children’s lives both persist and evolve. This book considers how such events shape identity and transmit cultural norms, asking such questions as: How do immigrant families negotiate between old traditions and new? What does it mean when children engage in ritual insults and sick jokes? How does playing with dolls reflect and construct feelings of racial identity? What does it mean for a child to be
flower-girl material ? How does that role cement a girl’s bond to her family and initiate her into society? What is the function of masks and costumes, and why do children yearn for these accoutrements of disguise? Rituals and Patterns in Children’s Lives suggests the manifold ways in which America’s children come to know their society and themselves.

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Country
United States
Date
26 December 2005
Pages
272
ISBN
9780299208301

This title is printed to order. This book may have been self-published. If so, we cannot guarantee the quality of the content. In the main most books will have gone through the editing process however some may not. We therefore suggest that you be aware of this before ordering this book. If in doubt check either the author or publisher’s details as we are unable to accept any returns unless they are faulty. Please contact us if you have any questions.

Trick-or-treating. Flower girls. Bedtime stories. Bar and bat mitzvah. In a nation of increasing ethnic, familial, and technological complexity, the patterns of children’s lives both persist and evolve. This book considers how such events shape identity and transmit cultural norms, asking such questions as: How do immigrant families negotiate between old traditions and new? What does it mean when children engage in ritual insults and sick jokes? How does playing with dolls reflect and construct feelings of racial identity? What does it mean for a child to be
flower-girl material ? How does that role cement a girl’s bond to her family and initiate her into society? What is the function of masks and costumes, and why do children yearn for these accoutrements of disguise? Rituals and Patterns in Children’s Lives suggests the manifold ways in which America’s children come to know their society and themselves.

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Country
United States
Date
26 December 2005
Pages
272
ISBN
9780299208301