The roads of Chinese childhood

Description

Children in the Taiwanese fishing community of Angang have their attention drawn, consciously and unconsciously, to various forms of identification through their participation in schooling, family life and popular religion. They read texts about 'virtuous mothers', share 'meaningful foods' with other villagers, visit the altars of 'divining children' and participate in 'dangerous' god-strengthening rituals. In particular they learn about the family-based cycle of reciprocity, and the tension between this and commitment to the nation. Charles Stafford's study of childhood in this community (with additional material from northeastern mainland China) explores absorbing issues related to nurturance, education, family, kinship and society in its analysis of how children learn, or do not learn, to identify themselves as both familial and Chinese.

First Sentence

This book is about education.

Excerpt

This book is about education.

Subjects

Series Statement

• Cambridge studies in social and cultural anthropology ;

Other Editions

• The roads of Chinese childhood: learning and identification in AngangCambridge University Press1995-01-01
• The Roads of Chinese ChildhoodPaperbackCambridge University Press2006-06-01
• Roads of Chinese ChildhoodCambridge University Press2009-01-01
• Roads of Chinese ChildhoodCambridge University Press2011-01-01