An introduction to childhood studies /
An introduction to childhood studies /
edited by Mary Jane Kehily.
- xi, 196 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Understanding childhood: an introduction to some key themes and issues / Historical Approaches to Childhood : -- The historical construction of childhood / Children's literature and childhood / Innocence and experience: a historical approach to childhood and sexuality / Sociocultural Approaches to Childhood : -- Constructing childhood sociologically / Developmental psychology and the study of childhood / New media, new childhoods? Children's changing cultural environment in the age of digital technology / Policy Perspectives on Childhood : -- , Promoting better childhoods: constructions of child concern / Children's rights: international policy and lived practice / Childhood and the law: In whose 'best interests'? / Mary Jane Kehily -- Diana Gittins -- Peter Hunt -- Mary Jane Kehily and Heather Montgomery -- Chris Jenks -- Valerie Walkerdine -- David Buckingham -- Wendy Stainton Rogers -- Rachel Burr -- Daniel Monk. 1. Part 1. 2. 3. 4. Part 2. 5. 6. 7. Part 3. 8. 9. 10.
This introductory textbook brings together key themes in the area of childhood studies to provide an introduction to students and practitioners working in this field. Written by experts from across a range of disciplines, each chapter offers a broad-based and accessible insight into childhood and analyzes new ways of researching and theorizing about children and childhood. For undergraduate and postgraduate students of childhood studies, education, and social sciences.
0335212670 9780335212675 0335212689 9780335212682
Children
HQ767.9 / .I58 2004
305.231
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Understanding childhood: an introduction to some key themes and issues / Historical Approaches to Childhood : -- The historical construction of childhood / Children's literature and childhood / Innocence and experience: a historical approach to childhood and sexuality / Sociocultural Approaches to Childhood : -- Constructing childhood sociologically / Developmental psychology and the study of childhood / New media, new childhoods? Children's changing cultural environment in the age of digital technology / Policy Perspectives on Childhood : -- , Promoting better childhoods: constructions of child concern / Children's rights: international policy and lived practice / Childhood and the law: In whose 'best interests'? / Mary Jane Kehily -- Diana Gittins -- Peter Hunt -- Mary Jane Kehily and Heather Montgomery -- Chris Jenks -- Valerie Walkerdine -- David Buckingham -- Wendy Stainton Rogers -- Rachel Burr -- Daniel Monk. 1. Part 1. 2. 3. 4. Part 2. 5. 6. 7. Part 3. 8. 9. 10.
This introductory textbook brings together key themes in the area of childhood studies to provide an introduction to students and practitioners working in this field. Written by experts from across a range of disciplines, each chapter offers a broad-based and accessible insight into childhood and analyzes new ways of researching and theorizing about children and childhood. For undergraduate and postgraduate students of childhood studies, education, and social sciences.
0335212670 9780335212675 0335212689 9780335212682
Children
HQ767.9 / .I58 2004
305.231