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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This is all the more crucial given the now widespread acceptance of children's rights where the 'best interests of the child' are taken as the base-line for social and political action. But who defines those interests remains ...
This is all the more crucial given the now widespread acceptance of children's rights where the 'best interests of the child' are taken as the base-line for social and political action. But who defines those interests remains ...
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... the use of an inappropriate 'standard model of childhood'; the pursuit of adult interests in ways which render children passive; and lack of attention to gender and generational relationships. Similarly, links between the approach ...
... the use of an inappropriate 'standard model of childhood'; the pursuit of adult interests in ways which render children passive; and lack of attention to gender and generational relationships. Similarly, links between the approach ...
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The ideology of the child-centred society gives 'the child' and 'the interests of the child' a prominent place in the policy and practices of legal, welfare, medical and educational institutions. Whole academic discourses, especially in ...
The ideology of the child-centred society gives 'the child' and 'the interests of the child' a prominent place in the policy and practices of legal, welfare, medical and educational institutions. Whole academic discourses, especially in ...
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This growing unease is reflected in changes in academic interests also. Concern has been developing about the way in which the social sciences have traditionally conceptualized and dealt with children and childhood.
This growing unease is reflected in changes in academic interests also. Concern has been developing about the way in which the social sciences have traditionally conceptualized and dealt with children and childhood.
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Using his own research with street children in Paraguay he explores the ways in which the language and models of research adopted create the 'reality' of childhood discovered and questions whose interests this serves.
Using his own research with street children in Paraguay he explores the ways in which the language and models of research adopted create the 'reality' of childhood discovered and questions whose interests this serves.
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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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