Cultural Models in Communication with Infants: Lessons from Kikaikelaki, Cameroon and Muenster, Germany

Autor/inn/en	Demuth, Carolin; Keller, Heidi; Yovsi, Relindis D.
Titel	Cultural Models in Communication with Infants: Lessons from Kikaikelaki, Cameroon and Muenster, Germany
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Childhood Research, 10 (2012) 1, S.70-87 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1476-718X
DOI	10.1177/1476718X11403993
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Child Rearing; Infants; Foreign Countries; Values; Cultural Context; Cross Cultural Studies; Sociocultural Patterns; Parent Child Relationship; Video Technology; Personal Autonomy; Middle Class; Rural Areas; Agriculture; Self Concept; Cultural Influences; Cameroon; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Kindererziehung; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Ausland; Wertbegriff; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Soziokulturelle Theorie; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Individuelle Autonomie; Mittelschicht; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Landwirtschaft; Selbstkonzept; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Kamerun; Deutschland
Abstract	Child rearing is a universal task, yet there are differing solutions according to the dynamics of socio-cultural milieu in which children are raised. Cultural models of what is considered good or bad parenting become explicit in everyday routine practices. Focusing on early mother-infant interactions in this article we examine the discursive practices and strategies that foster cultural values such as autonomy and relatedness. Drawing on micro-analysis of videotaped mother-infant interactions from middle-class families in Muenster, Germany and farming Nso families in Kikaikelaki, Cameroon, we aim at illustrating how diverse discursive strategies construct alternative versions of the child's experience of self and self-in-relation-to-others. In each case, mothers draw on discursive practices that convey cultural norms and values that fit the relevant cultural context. (Contains 1 table and 6 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10