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Our Children in the News section is intended to highlight isolated developments that might signal important trends in the nature of children's lives.
We invite you to explore the following films.
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A list of books and articles have been prepared for you by students at USU, for your research conveinence and reading enjoyment. For a short review of each book or article, click on the corresponding link.
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  • Kids in America now pack on pounds compared to 1950's: In the 1950s, kids had three cups of milk for every cup of soda. Today that ratio is reversed, meaning they get all the calories and none of the nutrients ..... Read more

  • Life III: Danger Children At Work
    • Director: Emily Marlo
    • Year: 2003
    • Location: Guatemala
    • Run Time: 27 Minutes
  • Growth in Rural America fueled by Hispanic Births: Births, not immigration, now account for most of the growth in the nation’s Hispanic population, a distinct reversal of trends of the past 30 years..... Read more
  • Sowing Seeds of Hunger (Life III series)
    • Director: James Heer
    • Year: 2003
    • Location: Zambia Africa
    • Run Time: 27 Minutes
  • Child Jockies race along the Stepps of Central Asia: Genghis Khan and his army once rode their horses across the steppes of Central Asia. Once again, horses race, literally, across those same steppes..... Read more
  • Beijing Features: Rights Of Passage: Four Stories of Survival
    • Director: Dianne Best
    • Year: 1995
    • Location: Burkina Faso, India, Jamaica, Nicaragua
    • Run Time: 27 Minutes
  • African Crucible cast as Witches, and cast out: Domingos Pedro was only 12 years old when his father died. The passing was sudden; the cause was a mystery to doctors. ..... Read more
  • From Rhetoric to Reality: Broadcasting for Change: Sex With the Angels
    • Director: Joan Salvat
    • Year: 2000
    • Location: Dominican Republic
    • Run Time: 14 Minutes
  • Kusserow, Adrie (2004) American Individualisms: Child Rearing and Social Class in three Neighborhoods. New York: Palgrave McMilliam. Available in softcover (207 pages, $33.00)


  • Lancy, David (2008) Anthropology of Childhood: Cherubs, Chattel, and Changelings. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Available in hard of soft cover (466 pages, $99.00)
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The Anthropology of Children and Childhood Interest Group of the American Anthropological Association…was launched in 2007. The initiative to form an Interest Group and to secure official standing was undertaken by Kristen Cheney from the University of Dayton and Susan Shepler from American University. This website was developed and is maintained by David F. Lancy and his students at Utah State University. In the submission seeking Interest Group status these goals were put forth: Read more
AAACIG Home - AAACIGFebruary/March 2010 ISSUE
  • Advisory Board Update..........................pages 2-3
  • "Childhood and ---" Column...................pages 3-4
  • Interdisciplinary Column .......................pages 4-6
  • Favorite Ethnographies of Childhood..pages 8-10
  • Photo from Fieldwork...............................pages11
  • New Books.........................................pages 10-12
  • Conferences and Announcements....pages 12-15
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