Culture, Socialization and Human Development : Theory, Research and Applications in India

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction/T.S. Saraswathi. I. Methodological approaches: 2. Children and adults: reading an autobiography/Krishna Kumar. 3. Nursery rhymes and socialization/Gayatri Chatterjee. 4. The child's construction of knowledge/Padma M. Sarangapani. II. Theoretical concerns: 5. Language socialization in a multilingual society/Ajit K. Mohanty, Smaranika Panda and Babban Misra. 6. Language socialization: patterns of caregiver speech to young children/Nandita Chaudhary. 7. Socialization and cognitive functioning/Durganand Sinha and Ramesh Chandra Mishra. 8. Socialization and cognitive-moral influences on justice rule preferences: the case of Indian culture/Lila Krishnan. 9. Adult-child continuity in India: is adolescence a myth or an emerging reality?/T.S. Saraswathi. III. Gender perspective: 10. Patrilineal structure and agency of women: issues in gendered socialization/Kamala Ganesh. 11. Self, women and empowerment: a conceptual inquiry/Shagufa Kapadia. 12. Gender roles: the construct in the Indian context/Sudha Bhogle. 13. Moral development and mental distress: a feminist proposal/Bhargavi V. Davar. 14. Through the looking glass: gender socialization in a primary school/Nandini Bhattacharjee. IV. Applied perspective: 15. Child health and well-being: psycho-social care within and beyond the hospital walls?/Pratibha Singhi, Sunit Singhi and Prahbhjot Malhi. 16. Socialization and mental health in India/R. Srinivasa Murthy. 17. Children in difficult circumstances: familial correlates of advantage while at risk/Neerja Sharma and Bhanumathi Sharma. Index. "The various human exchanges that form part of daily life are not only necessary for the survival of a social system but deeply influence the social construction of knowledge and the development of mores and social values. This volume of original essays draws attention to the significance of these diurnal interactions through an exploration of theoretical and methodological concerns combined with analyses of patterns of socialization and enculturation in Indian society. Highlighting the importance of contextual factors in understanding human development, the contributors argue for an integrative and multi-disciplinary approach to research in the field. …