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“Street kids and peer culture”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2026

David F. Lancy Open the ORCID record for David F. Lancy [Opens in a new window]
David F. Lancy*
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Anthropology, Utah State University, Logan, USA David.Lancy@usu.edu
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Abstract

This brief commentary offers another source of evidence for the arguments made in the target article. The lives of street kids are usually seen as deplorable, as a social blight that must be eradicated. But ethnographic literature can turn this shibboleth on its head. Scholars like the authors have forced us to see the enormous capacity that autonomous children have for acquiring, transmitting, and creating culture. Street kids provide an excellent illustration of this argument.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 49 , 2026 , e238
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© The Author(s), 2026. Published by Cambridge University Press

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