Table of Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
  • Raising Children in Poverty
  • Village Structure, Living Conditions, and Subsistence Strategies
  • Fieldwork and Research Methods
  • Change: For Better or for Worse
  • Central Ideas of Chapters
• Chapter 1. From the Womb to the Cradle
  • Pregnancy and Its Prevention
  • Giving Birth
  • Caring for the Newborn
  • Unuchakuy—An Ancient Rite of Baptism
  • When Things Go Wrong at Birth
  • Sick Infants
• Chapter 2. Early Childhood
  • Learning to Care in a Culture of Respect
  • Enculturation and Socialization
  • Becoming Part of the Adult World
  • Children's Rights and Responsibilities
  • A Typical Day with a Chillihuani Family
  • Disabled Children
  • When Death Comes Too Soon
• Chapter 3. Children at Play and Work
  • Developing Creativity through Play
  • Games Children Play
  • Children at Work
• Chapter 4. The Many Faces of Learning
  • Laying the Foundations for Creative and Holistic Thinking
  • Schooling in Chillihuani
  • A New School Curriculum
  • Mathematics—The Favorite Topic of Chillihuani Children
  • Weaving and Mathematics
• Chapter 5. Rituals and Ceremonies on Top of the World
  • Pukllay—An Ancient Way to Play and Celebrate
  • Suyay Ch'isin—The First Night of Rituals
  • Ch'allaska in Honor of the Family Herds
  • Dancing amid Thunder and Lightning
• Chapter 6. Adolescence: A Time of Many Challenges
  • Gender Complementarity and Cooperation
  • An Adolescence Free from Stress?
  • Approaching Adult Life
  • Rondas Campesinas: Strengthening Solidarity and Self-Defense
• Chapter 7. Building a Society of Respect
  • What Makes for a Happy Childhood?
  • Learning the Skills for Life
  • Adolescents' Integration into Adulthood
  • What Does It Take to Build a Society of Respect?
• Notes
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• Index

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A beautifully written ethnography that reveals how villagers in one of the world's most rugged and poverty-stricken regions rear their children to be exceptionally respectful, well-adjusted, and academically talented.

About the Author

Inge Bolin is a Research Associate in Anthropology at Malaspina University College in British Columbia, Canada. This book continues and amplifies the ethnography she began in Rituals of Respect: The Secret of Survival in the High Peruvian Andes. Dr. Bolin received the Circle of Courage Award for her contribution to the science and practice of positive youth development.