Unruly Children: Historical Fieldnotes and Learning Morality in a Taiwan Village

Description: Unruly Children by Jing Xu Integrating humanistic interpretation with computational approaches, this book examines the 1958-1960 Taiwan fieldnotes of two renowned anthropologists. As the worlds first ethnographic study on Han children, it sheds light on childrens moral development amid historical upheaval. Ideal for anthropology and educational studies graduate courses. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description How do we become moral persons? What about childrens active learning in contrast to parenting? What can children teach us about knowledge-making more broadly? Answer these questions by delving into the groundbreaking ethnographic fieldwork conducted by anthropologists Arthur and Margery Wolf in a martial law era Taiwanese village (1958-60), marking the first-ever study of ethnic Han children. Jing Xu skillfully reinterprets the Wolfs extensive fieldnotes, employing a unique blend of humanistic interpretation, natural language processing, and machine-learning techniques. Through a lens of social cognition, this book unravels the complexities of childrens moral growth, exposing instances of disobedience, negotiation, and peer dynamics. Writing through and about fieldnotes, the author connects the two themes, learning morality and making ethnography, in light of social cognition, and invites all of us to take children seriously. This book is ideal for graduate and undergraduate students of anthropology and educational studies. Author Biography Jing Xu is an anthropologist at the University of Washington and the author of The Good Child: Moral Development in a Chinese Preschool (Stanford University Press, 2017). She pursues interdisciplinary research, bringing together humanistic and scientific perspectives to study how humans become moral persons. Table of Contents Introduction: learning morality in a Taiwan village; 1. Fieldwork beyond fieldwork: reconstructing an ethnography of children through historical fieldnotes; 2. Crime and punishment: parenting and the disobedient child; 3. Playful creatures: learning morality in peer play; 4. Gendered morality: naughty boys and fierce girls; 5. Care and rivalry: an untold tale of a sibling dyad; Epilogue: taking children seriously; Afterword. Review A unique book where Jing Xu gains access to a vast collection of observations concerning childrens behavior in Taiwan. As a renowned specialist in childhood and morality, she is uniquely qualified to explore this treasure trove of evidence and document the historical and psychological processes that inform young childrens moral behavior. Pascal Boyer, Washington University in St. LouisIn Unruly Children Xu Jing masterfully takes on the formidable task of analyzing the voluminous Wolf Archive data. After digitizing the Archive and building a database, Xu used an array of techniques to analyze the textual data, including topic modeling and social network analysis. The richest data was found in the extended interaction sequences in the child observation episodes, and Xu artfully uses these peer play dramas to illustrate childrens active role in constructing moral rules to guide and manipulate their play, deal with conflicts, and subvert parental control. Xu transcends older frameworks emphasizing the top-down perspectives of child-rearing and socialization to enter the sometimes rough and tumble world of children learning to cope with siblings, playmates, parents and neighbors. Unruly Children is a landmark work of anthropology, China studies, and child moral development. John R. Shepherd, University of Virginia Promotional Explore childhood morality in martial law era Taiwan. Discover how childrens active learning shapes morality and parental dynamics. Details ISBN1009416278 Author Jing Xu Pages 290 Publisher Cambridge University Press Series New Departures in Anthropology Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781009416276 Format Hardcover Imprint Cambridge University Press Subtitle Historical Fieldnotes and Learning Morality in a Taiwan Village Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises ISBN-10 1009416278 DEWEY 155.41823 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education Publication Date 2024-11-14 UK Release Date 2024-11-14 Alternative 9781009416245 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:168501968;

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