AHSS*2130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Latency Stage, Johan Huizinga, Penis Envy
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Week 4: childhood: distinctive childhood culture began in the 17th century, according to american educators children are anyone who is between the ages of kindergarten to grade 12, various cultures celebrate milestones, bar mitzvahs, quinceaneras, sweet 16. Folklore: games, songs, stories, rituals and taunts, folklorists define children as those who haven"t reached puberty, folklore expresses people"s interests, needs and values. Play: stanley hall, children"s play shows a guide to the past. Joke(cid:0) verbal trickery intended for amusement: shaggy dog stories(cid:0) a joke that continues on for a while with a ridiculous punch line. Taunts and counterparts: taunts correct what children see as bad behaviour, to deflect the insult of a taunt children use counterparts. Songs: can be passed down for entertainment or for function/memorizing, parodies undermine serious songs, they have shown an increased amount of violent content over the years. Cheers: first collected from african-american girls in the 1970s, don"t require touch like clapping games.
