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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In essence we argued that between them they represented childhood and children as natural, passive, incompetent and incomplete and in doing so foreclosed a series of important questions for theory and empirical research, ...
In essence we argued that between them they represented childhood and children as natural, passive, incompetent and incomplete and in doing so foreclosed a series of important questions for theory and empirical research, ...
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... the ways in which the immaturity of children is conceived and articulated in particular societies into culturally specific sets of ideas and philosophies, attitudes and practices which combine to define the 'nature of childhood'.
... the ways in which the immaturity of children is conceived and articulated in particular societies into culturally specific sets of ideas and philosophies, attitudes and practices which combine to define the 'nature of childhood'.
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In these terms it is biological immaturity rather than childhood which is a universal and natural feature of human groups, for ways of understanding this period of human life—the institution of childhood—vary cross-culturally although ...
In these terms it is biological immaturity rather than childhood which is a universal and natural feature of human groups, for ways of understanding this period of human life—the institution of childhood—vary cross-culturally although ...
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Alan Prout and Allison James Introduction: The Nature of Childhood The title of this volume, Constructing and Reconstructing Childhood, captures the spirit within which it is conceived. First, we discussed in the introduction what we ...
Alan Prout and Allison James Introduction: The Nature of Childhood The title of this volume, Constructing and Reconstructing Childhood, captures the spirit within which it is conceived. First, we discussed in the introduction what we ...
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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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Contenido
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| 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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