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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford : Polity, 1998.Description: 247p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780745615646 (hbk.) :
  • 9780745615653 (pbk.) :
  • 9780745615646
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.23 JAM
LOC classification:
  • HQ767.9 .J35 1998
Contents:
Part I: Imagining Childhood. 1. The Presociological 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. Notes. References. Index.
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 206143
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 305.23 JAM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 206144
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 305.23 JAM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 206145

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

Part I: Imagining Childhood. 1. The Presociological 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. Notes. References. Index.

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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