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Constructing and reconstructing childhood : contemporary issues in the sociological study of childhood / edited by Allison James and Alan Prout.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Publisher: London ; New York Routledge 2015Edition: Third editionDescription: 246 pages : illustrations (black and white)ISBN:
  • 9781138818804 (pbk.) :
  • 9781138818804
  • 1138818801
  • 9781138818781
  • 113881878X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.23 JAM
LOC classification:
  • HQ767.9
Contents:
1.A new paradigm for the sociology of childhood?: provenance, promise and problems. Alan Prout and Allison James -- 2.Constructions and reconstruction of Britihs childhood: an interpretative survey, 1800 to the present. Harry Hendrick -- 3.Psychology and the cultural construction of children\'s needs. Martin Woodhead -- 4.A voice for children in statistical and social accounting: a plea for children\'s rights to be heard. Jens Qvortrup -- 5.It\'s a small world: Disneyland, the family and the multiple re-representations of American childhood. Pauline Hunt and Ronald Frankenberg -- 6.Negotiating childhood: changing construction of age for Norwegian children. Anne Solberg -- 7.Street children: deconstructing a construct. Benno Glauser -- 8.Who are you kidding?: children, power and the struggle agaisnt sexual abuse. Jenny Kitzinger -- 9.Childhood and the policy makers: a comparative perspective on the globalization of childhood. Jo Boyden -- 10.Re-presenting childhood: time and transition in the study of childhood. Allison James and Alan Prout.
Summary: This edition of James and Prout's seminal work on childhood study contains a collection of articles which draw on a variety of disciplines to show how childhood is constructed in society, and the direction in which childhood study is moving.
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Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 305.23 JAM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 In transit from Selfcheck to TUS: Midlands, Main Library since 11/11/2019 216775

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1.A new paradigm for the sociology of childhood?: provenance, promise and problems. Alan Prout and Allison James -- 2.Constructions and reconstruction of Britihs childhood: an interpretative survey, 1800 to the present. Harry Hendrick -- 3.Psychology and the cultural construction of children\'s needs. Martin Woodhead -- 4.A voice for children in statistical and social accounting: a plea for children\'s rights to be heard. Jens Qvortrup -- 5.It\'s a small world: Disneyland, the family and the multiple re-representations of American childhood. Pauline Hunt and Ronald Frankenberg -- 6.Negotiating childhood: changing construction of age for Norwegian children. Anne Solberg -- 7.Street children: deconstructing a construct. Benno Glauser -- 8.Who are you kidding?: children, power and the struggle agaisnt sexual abuse. Jenny Kitzinger -- 9.Childhood and the policy makers: a comparative perspective on the globalization of childhood. Jo Boyden -- 10.Re-presenting childhood: time and transition in the study of childhood. Allison James and Alan Prout.

This edition of James and Prout's seminal work on childhood study contains a collection of articles which draw on a variety of disciplines to show how childhood is constructed in society, and the direction in which childhood study is moving.

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