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Books by Anthropologist Sarah Levine
  | | Do Parents Matter? Why Japanese Babies Sleep Soundly, Mexican Siblings Don’t Fight, and American Families Should Just Relax by Robert Alan Levine, Anthropologist Sarah Levine Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2016 by Publicaffairs ISBN-13: 978-1-61039-723-0, ISBN: 1-61039-723-1 "When it comes to parenting, more isn't always betterbut it is always more tiring In Japan, a boy sleeps in his parents' bed until age ten, but still shows independence in all other areas of his life. In rural India, toilet training begins one month after infants are born and is accomplished with little fanfare. In Paris, parents limit the amount of agency they give their toddlers. In America, parents grant them ever more choices, indepe ..." |
 | | A Cracked Egg by Anthropologist Sarah Levine Paperback, 80 Pages, Published 2013 by Westbowpress ISBN-13: 978-1-4908-2089-7, ISBN: 1-4908-2089-2 "Cracked Egg, a true story, begins at the earliest age remembered. It is based on memory as understood then and now. Marriage, at much too young an age, could have contributed--and probably did contribute--to the stumble resulting in problems that grew and grew. Feelings and beliefs are evident throughout each chapter that promotes considerate thought as to what is right, wrong, and good in life as seen in the cracked egg's family. The c ..." |
 | | Do Parents Matter?(Reprint) Why Japanese Babies Sleep Soundly, Mexican Siblings Don't Fight, and American Families Should Just Relax by Robert A. Levine, Anthropologist Sarah Levine Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2017 by Publicaffairs ISBN-13: 978-1-61039-822-0, ISBN: 1-61039-822-X "When it comes to parenting, more isn't always better-but it is always more tiringIn Japan, a boy sleeps in his parents' bed until age ten, but still shows independence in all other areas of his life. In rural India, toilet training begins one month after infants are born and is accomplished with little fanfare. In Paris, parents limit the amount of agency they give their toddlers. In America, parents grant them ever more choices, indepe ..." |
 | | Literacy and Mothering(Reprint) How Women's Schooling Changes the Lives of the World's Children (Child Development in Cultural Context Series) by Robert A. M.D. Levine, Anthropologist Sarah Levine, Emily Dexter, Beatrice Schnell-Anzola, Meredith L. Rowe Paperback, 234 Pages, Published 2016 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-062331-9, ISBN: 0-19-062331-4 "Women's schooling is strongly related to child survival and other outcomes beneficial to children throughout the developing world, but the reasons behind these statistical connections have been unclear. In Literacy and Mothering, the authors show, for the first time, how communicative change plays a key role: Girls acquire academic literacy skills, even in low-quality schools, which enable them, as mothers, to understand public health m ..." |
 | | The Saint of Kathmandu(Reprint) and Other Tales of the Sacred in Distant Lands by Anthropologist Sarah Levine Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2009 by Beacon Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8070-1313-7, ISBN: 0-8070-1313-7 "With the deft evocations of a master storyteller and the exhaustive knowledge of a scholar, LeVine takes us on a quest to understand the role of religious belief in everyday life around the globe. She writes of uneasy relations between Islam and spirit possession in a Nigerian town; of a Nepalese teenager's flight from an arranged marriage to become a feminist Buddhist nun; of Mexican women taking the Virgin Mary as their role model; an ..." |
 | | Child Care and Culture(Updated) Lessons from Africa by Robert Alan Levine, M.D. Keefer Constance H., P. Herbert Leiderman, Anthropologist Sarah Levine, Dr Suzanne Dixon D., Amy Richman, T. Berry Brazelton M.D., San Diego, James Caron Paperback, 380 Pages, Published 1996 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-57546-1, ISBN: 0-521-57546-X "Child Care and Culture examines parenthood, infancy, and early childhood in an African community, revealing patterns unanticipated by current theories of child development and raising provocative questions about the concept of "normal" child care. Comparing the Gusii people of Kenya with the American white middle class, the authors show how divergent cultural priorities create differing conditions for early childhood development. Combi ..." |
 | | Dolor y Alegria(2nd Edition) Women and Social Change in Urban Mexico (Life Course Studies) by Anthropologist Sarah Levine, Clara Sunderland Correa, Sarah E. Levine, Sarah Le Vine, Clara Sundeland Correa Paperback, 254 Pages, Published 1993 by University Of Wisconsin Press ISBN-13: 978-0-299-13794-6, ISBN: 0-299-13794-5 " In Dolor y Alegría (Sorrow and Joy), fifteen mothers, grandmothers, and great grandmothers in the Mexican city of Cuernavaca speak about the dramatic effects that urbanization and rapid social change have had on their lives. Sarah LeVine deftly combines these autobiographical vignettes with ethnographic material, survey findings, and her own observations. The result is a vivid picture of contrast and continuity. While many e ..." |
 | | Do Parents Matter? Why Japanese Babies Sleep Soundly, Mexican Siblings Don't Fight, and American Families Should Just Relax by Robert A. Levine , Sarah Levine 272 Pages, Published 2016 by Publicaffairs ISBN-13: 978-1-61039-724-7, ISBN: 1-61039-724-X |
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