Constructing and Reconstructing Childhood: Contemporary Issues in the Sociological Study of ChildhoodFirst published in 1997. The second and fully revised edition of James and Prout's acclaimed seminal work on the study of childhood. |
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The understanding of childhood as a variable in social analysis, the second tenet of the paradigm, has also seen some major steps forward. In the First Edition of CRC Jens Qvortrup made a strong case for using children as the unit of ...
The understanding of childhood as a variable in social analysis, the second tenet of the paradigm, has also seen some major steps forward. In the First Edition of CRC Jens Qvortrup made a strong case for using children as the unit of ...
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Through a detailed analysis of Disneyland, Hunt and Frankenberg analyze the attempt to universalize an idealized version of childhood which is embedded and enfolded in conventional family values. The second theme is that childhood, ...
Through a detailed analysis of Disneyland, Hunt and Frankenberg analyze the attempt to universalize an idealized version of childhood which is embedded and enfolded in conventional family values. The second theme is that childhood, ...
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Whilst, therefore, comparative historical and cross-cultural analysis reveals a variety of childhoods rather than a single, simple phenomenon, this is being undercut by current trends towards a 'world' view of childhood.
Whilst, therefore, comparative historical and cross-cultural analysis reveals a variety of childhoods rather than a single, simple phenomenon, this is being undercut by current trends towards a 'world' view of childhood.
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Prout and James tackle both these issues in an analysis of the origins and obstacles of the emergent paradigm. The immediate purpose of this book, then, is not to 'announce' a new paradigm but to bring together some of the elements that ...
Prout and James tackle both these issues in an analysis of the origins and obstacles of the emergent paradigm. The immediate purpose of this book, then, is not to 'announce' a new paradigm but to bring together some of the elements that ...
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Childhood, as distinct from biological immaturity, is neither a natural nor universal feature of human groups but appears as a specific structural and cultural component of many societies. 2. Childhood is a variable of social analysis.
Childhood, as distinct from biological immaturity, is neither a natural nor universal feature of human groups but appears as a specific structural and cultural component of many societies. 2. Childhood is a variable of social analysis.
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An Interpretative Survey 1800 to the Present | 33 |
Chapter 3 Psychology and the Cultural Construction of Childrens Needs | 61 |
A Plea for Childrens Right to be Heard | 83 |
Disneyland the Family and the Multiple Rerepresentations of American Childhood | 105 |
Changing Constructions of Age for Norwegian Children | 123 |
Deconstructing a Construct | 141 |
Chapter 8 Who Are You Kidding? Children Power and the Struggle Against Sexual Abuse | 161 |
A Comparative Perspective on the Globalization of Childhood | 187 |
Time and Transition in the Study of Childhood | 227 |
Notes on Contributors | 247 |
Index | 251 |
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