Kids and Space in the Puerto Rican Highlands

Abstract

ABSTRACT. The spatial world of the child comprises two great realms, “in’ and “out,’ more or less corresponding to the great behavioral domains of “got to’ and “doing nothing.’ Within the “got‐to’ domain–and thus “in’–are home, school, and other loci of secure, stable authority. Included in “doing nothing’–and so “out’–are street and yard, field and stream, pool hall and movie theater, the spaces of games, things to do, and really doing nothing. This study looks at the shifting relationships of these realms across the life cycle of kids in the highlands of Puerto Rico in 1969–1970.

• children
• Puerto Rico
• spatial world

1 Dr. Wood is an independent scholar in Raleigh, North Carolina 27607.

1 Dr. Wood is an independent scholar in Raleigh, North Carolina 27607.

Notes

1 Dr. Wood is an independent scholar in Raleigh, North Carolina 27607.