The Anthropology of Childhood: Cherubs, Chattel, Changelings
The Anthropology of Childhood examines childhood through an anthropological lens. Framed by the evocative categories of cherubs, chattel, and changelings, the book considers how children and childhood have been understood across cultural and historical contexts.
About This Book
The Anthropology of Childhood explores childhood as a subject of anthropological study.
Its title points to changing ways of understanding children through ideas represented by cherubs, chattel, and changelings.
The book considers how views of childhood may reflect broader cultural and historical perspectives.
It offers a scholarly introduction to the study of children, childhood, and their place in human societies.
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