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Theorizing childhood / Allison James, Chris Jenks, Alan Prout.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford : Polity, 1998.Description: 247p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780745615653 (pbk.) :
  • 9780745615646 (hbk.) :
  • 9780745615646
  • 0745615651 (pbk)
  • 9780745615653 (pbk)
  • 0745615643
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.23 JAM
LOC classification:
  • HQ767.9 .J35 1998
Contents:
Part I.Imagining childhood -- 1.The presciological child -- 2.The sociological child -- Part II.Situating childhood -- 3.Childhood in social space -- 4.The temporality of childhood -- 5.Play as childhood culture? -- 6.Working children -- 7.One childhood or many? -- 8.The body and childhood -- 9.Researching childhood -- Part III.Theorizing childhood -- 10.Theorizing childhood.
Summary: This is a timely book which demonstrates the centrality of childhood in sociological theory and contemporary debates concerning the state, welfare and morality.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 305.23 JAM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 216778

Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-237) and index.

Part I.Imagining childhood -- 1.The presciological child -- 2.The sociological child -- Part II.Situating childhood -- 3.Childhood in social space -- 4.The temporality of childhood -- 5.Play as childhood culture? -- 6.Working children -- 7.One childhood or many? -- 8.The body and childhood -- 9.Researching childhood -- Part III.Theorizing childhood -- 10.Theorizing childhood.

This is a timely book which demonstrates the centrality of childhood in sociological theory and contemporary debates concerning the state, welfare and morality.

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