Socialization The approach from social anthropology

This volume represents the first major effort to apply the distinctive techniques of British social anthropology to the subject of socialization. Along with methodological and theoretical discussion, there is a variety of new field material from Africa, Southeast Asia and elsewhere. First published in 1967.

1. Philip Mayer Introduction 2. Audrey I. Richards Socialization and Contemporary British Anthropology Retrospect 3. Gustav Jahoda A Psychologist's Perspective 4. Esther Goody Kinship Fostering in Gonja: Deprivation or Advantage 5. Barbara B. Lloyd Yoruba Mothers' Reports of child-rearing: Some Theoretical and Methodological Considerations 6. Barbara E. Ward Temper Tantrums in Kau Sai: Some Speculations upon their Effects 7. Paul Spencer The Function of Ritual in the Socialization of the Samburu Moran 8. Philip and Iona Mayer Socialization by Peers: the Youth Organization of the Red Xhosa 9. J.S. La Fontaine Two Types of Youth Group in Kinshasa (Leopoldville) 10. William Wilder Socialization and Social Structure in a Malay Village 11. Anthony Forge Learning to See in New Guinea 12. J.B. Loudon Teasing and Socialization on Tristan da Cunha

Philip Mayer