1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910511697303321

Autore

Williams Frank L'Engle <1966->

Titolo

Fathers and their children in the first three years of life : an anthropological perspective / / Frank L'Engle Williams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

College Station : , : Texas A&M University Press, , [2019]

©2019

ISBN

1-62349-808-2

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 221 pages )

Collana

Texas A & M University anthropology series ; ; Volume 20

Disciplina

155.6462

Soggetti

Father and infant

Fatherhood - History

Patriarchy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

How Long Have Fathers Carried and Cared for Their Infants? -- Life Cycle -- The Birth of a Child and the "Birth" of a Socially Recognized Father -- Couvade and Hormonal Correlates of Paternity -- Postnatal Infant Development -- Reproductive Careers among Forager Males -- The Duration of Father Care Estimated from Skeletal Maturation and Decline -- Evidence of Father Care in Humans and Animals -- Forager Fathers and Infants Cross-culturally -- Paternal Behavior in Nonhuman Primates and Other Animals -- Evolutionary Perspectives -- The Evolution of Carrying Behavior -- Hyper-encephalization of Neonates -- Becoming Human -- Epilogue: The Role of Father Care: Past, Present, and Future.

Sommario/riassunto

"Frank L'Engle Williams examines the anthropological record for evidence of the social behaviors associated with paternity, suggesting that ample evidence exists for the importance of such behaviors for infant survival. Focusing on the first three postnatal years, he considers the implications of father care--both in the fossil record and in more recent cross-cultural research--for the development of such distinctively human traits as bipedalism, extensive brain growth, language, and socialization. He also reviews the rituals by which many



human societies construct and reinforce the meanings of socially recognized fatherhood--hormonal, physiological, and social changes incorporated into specific cultural manifestations of paternity. Father care was adaptive within the context of the parental pair bond, and shaped how infants developed socially and biologically. The initial imprinting of socially recognized fathers during the first few postnatal years may have sustained culturally-sanctioned indirect care such as provisioning and protection of dependents for nearly two decades thereafter. In modern humans, this three-year window is critical to father-child bonding--which differs so intrinsically from the mother-child relationship. By increasing the survival of children in the past, present, and quite possibly the future, father care may be a driving force in the biological and cultural evolution of Homo sapiens."

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910796501803321

Titolo

Difference and sameness as modes of integration : anthropological perspectives on ethnicity and religion / / edited by Gunther Schlee and Alexander Horstmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2018

©2018

ISBN

1-78920-765-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

Integration and Conflict Studies

Classificazione

BE 2240

Disciplina

303.48

Soggetti

Assimilation (Sociology)

Social integration

Ethnic relations

Ethnic conflict

Religious tolerance

Cultural pluralism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction:



Difference and Sameness as Modes of Integration -- Chapter 1. Distances and Hierarchies: The Struggle over Ethnic Symbols in Nepal’s Public Spaces -- Chapter 2. Identity through Difference: Ambivalences of the Social Integration of Mauritania’s Former Slaves -- Chapter 3. Identification with the State and Identifications by the State -- Chapter 4. Politics of Belonging and Identity Transformations in Northern Côte d’Ivoire and Western Burkina Faso -- Chapter 5. Tanguiéta: Identity Processes and Political History in a Small African Town -- Chapter 6. Transnational Practices and Post-Soviet Collective Identity -- Chapter 7. Living Together: The Transformation of Multi-Religious Coexistence in Southern Thailand -- Chapter 8. Three Dyads Compared: Nuer/Anywaa (Ethiopia), Maasai/Kamba (Kenya) and Evenki/Buryat (Siberia) -- Chapter 9. Ruling over Ethnic and Religious Differences: A Comparative Essay on Empires -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index -- Integration and Conflict Studies Published in Association with the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/Saale

Sommario/riassunto

What does it mean to “fit in?” In this volume of essays, editors Günther Schlee and Alexander Horstmann demystify the discourse on identity, challenging common assumptions about the role of sameness and difference as the basis for inclusion and exclusion. Armed with intimate knowledge of local systems, social relationships, and the negotiation of people’s positions in the everyday politics, these essays tease out the ways in which ethnicity, religion and nationalism are used for social integration.