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The sociology of childhood / William A. Corsaro.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Sociology for a new centuryPublication details: Los Angeles : SAGE, [2015]Edition: Fourth editionDescription: xv, 439 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781452205441 (pbk.) :
  • 9781412979436 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1452205442
  • 9781452205441
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.23 COR
LOC classification:
  • HQ767.9 .C675 2015
Contents:
Part one: The sociological study of childhood -- 1.Social theories of childhood -- 2.The structure of childhood and children\'s interpretive reproductions -- 3.Studying children and childhood -- Part two. Children, childhood, and families in historical and cultural context -- 4.Historical views of childhood and children -- 5.Social change, families, and children -- Part three. Children\'s cultures -- 6.Children\'s peer cultures and interpretive reproduction -- 7.Sharing and control in initial peer cultures -- 8.Conflict and differentiation in the intial peer culture -- 9.Preadolescent peer cultures -- Part four: Children, soical problems and the futre of childhood -- 10.Children, social problems, and the family --- 11.Children, social problems, and society -- 12.The future of childhood.
Summary: This textbook covers children and childhood from a sociological pespective. It includes updated coverage of peer relations, friendship, children and electronic media, and the social problems experienced by children, and there are new sections on immigrant children, changing perspectives of American families, and the problem of aggression and bullying among children and youth. Throughout the book, the author's original research and the compelling photographs and vivid illustrations bring the topics to life.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 305.23 COR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 222796

Previous edition: 2011.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part one: The sociological study of childhood -- 1.Social theories of childhood -- 2.The structure of childhood and children\'s interpretive reproductions -- 3.Studying children and childhood -- Part two. Children, childhood, and families in historical and cultural context -- 4.Historical views of childhood and children -- 5.Social change, families, and children -- Part three. Children\'s cultures -- 6.Children\'s peer cultures and interpretive reproduction -- 7.Sharing and control in initial peer cultures -- 8.Conflict and differentiation in the intial peer culture -- 9.Preadolescent peer cultures -- Part four: Children, soical problems and the futre of childhood -- 10.Children, social problems, and the family --- 11.Children, social problems, and society -- 12.The future of childhood.

This textbook covers children and childhood from a sociological pespective. It includes updated coverage of peer relations, friendship, children and electronic media, and the social problems experienced by children, and there are new sections on immigrant children, changing perspectives of American families, and the problem of aggression and bullying among children and youth. Throughout the book, the author's original research and the compelling photographs and vivid illustrations bring the topics to life.

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