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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However, it is in the very strength of the social constructionist account in opposing the notion of childhood as a given fact, particularly a biological one, that some indications of its limits are beginning to emerge.
However, it is in the very strength of the social constructionist account in opposing the notion of childhood as a given fact, particularly a biological one, that some indications of its limits are beginning to emerge.
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... objected that children cannot be seen outside of their relationships with adults—but it was never our claim that they could and we in fact implicitly repudiated such a position by our suggestion that pioneering studies of children's ...
... objected that children cannot be seen outside of their relationships with adults—but it was never our claim that they could and we in fact implicitly repudiated such a position by our suggestion that pioneering studies of children's ...
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The immaturity of children is a biological fact of life but the ways in which this immaturity is understood and made meaningful is a fact of culture (see La Fontaine, 1979). It is these 'facts of culture' which may vary and which can be ...
The immaturity of children is a biological fact of life but the ways in which this immaturity is understood and made meaningful is a fact of culture (see La Fontaine, 1979). It is these 'facts of culture' which may vary and which can be ...
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... of a particularly western conceptualization of childhood for all children which effectively conceals the fact that the institution of childhood is a social construction (see Boyden, this volume). It is our task here, then, ...
... of a particularly western conceptualization of childhood for all children which effectively conceals the fact that the institution of childhood is a social construction (see Boyden, this volume). It is our task here, then, ...
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The concept of 'development' inextricably links the biological facts of immaturity, such as dependence, ... Resting on the assumed naturalness of childhood there was in fact little theoretical space within which to explore alternatives.
The concept of 'development' inextricably links the biological facts of immaturity, such as dependence, ... Resting on the assumed naturalness of childhood there was in fact little theoretical space within which to explore alternatives.
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Contenido
| 1 | |
| 7 | |
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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Información bibliográfica
| Título | Constructing and Reconstructing Childhood: Contemporary Issues in the Sociological Study of Childhood |
| Editores | Allison James, Alan Prout |
| Edición | 2, revisada |
| Editor | Routledge, 2003 |
| ISBN | 1135715491, 9781135715496 |
| Largo | 280 páginas |
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