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273 Pages·2005·0.92 MB·English
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by Karen L. Kramer| 2005| 273 pages| 0.92| English

About Maya Children: Helpers at the Farm

Among the Maya of Xculoc, an isolated farming village in the lowland forests of the Yucat?n peninsula, children contribute to household production in considerable ways. Thus this village, the subject of anthropologist Karen Kramer's study, affords a remarkable opportunity for understanding the economics of childhood in a pre-modern agricultural setting. Drawing on a range of theoretical perspectives and extensive data gathered over many years, Kramer interprets the form, value, and consequences of children's labor in this maize-based culture. She looks directly at family size and birth spacing as they figure in the economics of families; and she considers the timing of children's economic contributions and their role in underwriting the cost of large families. Kramer's findings--in particular, that the children of Xculoc begin to produce more than they consume long before they marry and leave home--have a number of interesting implications for the study of family reproductive decisions and parent-offspring conflict, and for debates within anthropology over children's contributions in hunter/gatherer versus agricultural societies. With its theoretical breadth, and its detail on crop yields, reproductive histories, diet, work scheduling, and agricultural production, this book sets a new standard for measuring and interpreting child productivity in a subsistence farming community.

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Author:Karen L. Kramer
Publication Year:2005
ISBN:9780674016903
Pages:273
Language:English
File Size:0.92
Format:PDF
Price:FREE
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