This recording is the second part of a multi-part episode on
Professor David Lancy's book The Anthropology of
Childhood.
In this episode, we look at reproduction and the family,
including questions such as:
What attitudes and practices are there to family size and
family planning in pre-state societies?
What are the roles of mothers and fathers in these
societies?
How do cultural practices such as patri- vs. matrilocal
residence or monogamy vs. polygamy vs. polyandry affect family
structure and the raising of children?
How do all of the above vary in societies with different
subsistence patterns (subsitence farmers vs. herders vs.
hunter-gatherers)? Can the variation by subsistence pattern be
explained through evolutionary and/or economic factors?