Encounters with wild children [[electronic resource] ] : temptation and disappointment in the study of human nature / / Adriana S. Benzaquén

• Autore: Benzaquén Adriana S
• Pubblicazione: Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2006]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (400 p.)
• Disciplina: 155.45/67
• Soggetto topico: Feral children; Anthropology
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The accounts -- The list, the class, the story-form -- Peter of Hanover and the wild girl of Songi -- The debates -- The wild boy of Aveyron -- Victor's afterlife -- Wolf children -- Confinement and freedom.
• Sommario/riassunto: Through detailed readings of a wide variety of accounts, debates, and representations, Encounters with Wild Children explores the many different meanings these children were given and the varied responses they elicited. Adriana Benzaquén explains why wild children continue to haunt and fascinate Western scientists and shows how the knowledge they have generated in different disciplines, including anthropology, psychology, psychiatry, pedagogy, linguistics, and sociology, has contributed to the shaping and reshaping of the modern understanding of "the child" and affected the social and institutional practices directed at all children in schools, welfare, mental health, and the law.
• Titolo autorizzato: Encounters with wild children
• ISBN: 0-7735-8085-9; 1-282-86657-5; 9786612866579; 0-7735-7611-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789848503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II