A Companion to the Anthropology of Education

BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO ANTHROPOLOGY
A Companion to the Anthropology of Education

"There is much to admire in this volume and it is impossible to read it without learning a great deal. It is well edited with good cross-referencing, making clear the connections between the chapters. This is an important and welcome book that is likely to define the field for many years to come."
Journal of the Royal Astronomical Institute

"An encyclopedic volume that provides a complete collection of the most important works in the anthropology of education. A must have book!"
Hugh Mehan, University of California, San Diego

Integrating work from several different national systems of scholarship, A Companion to the Anthropology of Education presents a comprehensive and state-of-the-art overview of the field of anthropology of education. Leading educational anthropologists examine everyday educational processes in culturally diverse settings, and the impacts on those processes of history, language policies, geographically specific problems and solutions, governmental mandates, literacy, inequality, multiculturalism, and more. Each contributor evaluates the key anthropological advances, arguments and approaches that inform the field's research. The Companion presents both theoretical and applied perspectives on important processes of education, in specific locations and worldwide.