In An Introduction to Childhood, Heather Montgomery examinesthe role children have played within anthropology, how they havebeen studied by anthropologists and how they have been portrayedand analyzed in ethnographic monographs over the last one hundredand fifty years.* Offers a comprehensive overview of childhood from ananthropological perspective* Draws upon a wide range of examples and evidence from differentgeographical areas and belief systems* Synthesizes existing literature on the anthropology ofchildhood, while providing a fresh perspective* Engages students with illustrative ethnographies to illuminatekey topics and themes
