Anthropology of education: past, present, emergent

Margaret Eisenhart

Chapter 1 in Research Handbook on the Anthropology of Education, 2026, pp 2-4 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: The anthropology of education is a subdiscipline of cultural anthropology. This chapter briefly chronicles its growth, its distinctive features, and the orientations that guided authors to propose and write the chapters included in this Handbook.

Keywords: Anthropology of education; Cultural processes; Ethnographic research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781035332908
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