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Robert A. LeVine
Researcher at Harvard University
Publications - 75
Citations - 6875
Robert A. LeVine is an academic researcher from Harvard University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ethnocentrism & Population. The author has an hindex of 35, co-authored 75 publications receiving 6759 citations. Previous affiliations of Robert A. LeVine include Northwestern University & University of Chicago.
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Culture theory : essays on mind, self, and emotion
TL;DR: The author discusses culture theory's romantic rebellion against the enlightenment, or there's more to thinking than reason and evidence, and reflections on cultural determinism and relativism with special reference to emotion and reason.
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Child Care and Culture: Lessons from Africa
Robert A. LeVine,Sarah Levine,Suzanne Dixon,Amy Richman,P. Herbert Leiderman,Constance H. Keefer,T. Berry Brazelton +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a comparative study of child care in subsaharan Africa is presented, focusing on the Gusii culture, fertility, marriage, and family, and the priorities of parents during infancy.
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Ethnographic Studies of Childhood: A Historical Overview
TL;DR: A survey of the literature on childhood in the 20th century can be found in this article, starting with the social and intellectual contexts for discussions of childhood at the turn of the century.
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Human parental care: Universal goals, cultural strategies, individual behavior
TL;DR: In this article, parents seek to promote the survival and success of their offspring, but their behavior is adapted to the socioeconomic and demographic conditions of agrarian and urban-industrial societies and further differentiated by local cultural traditions.