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"The good child": anthropological perspectives on morality and childhood (Introduction to Special Issue)
Currently, there is no clearly delineated field that could be described as ‘the anthropology of morality’. There exists, however, an increasingly visible and vocal interest in issues of morality among anthropologists. Although there has been a lack of explicit study, it has become clear that anthropologists have, in fact, been concerned with issues of moralities all along. The purpose of this special issue is to bring this interest to ethnographic studies of childhood, and explore how and why children or young people act in a particular way and are making certain choices, how these are valued or contested by their families, peers, and communities. The papers in this special issue highlight the contestations that arise as multiple moralities collide, and the effects this may have for the persons involved. Collectively, the papers illustrate a notion of moralities as multiple, contested, and mobile, and the consequences this may have in a globalising world.
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Journal of Moral EducationISSN
0305-7240Publisher
Taylor & FrancisExternal DOI
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2Volume
43Page range
143-155Department affiliated with
- Anthropology Publications
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2014-05-07Usage metrics
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