Childhood /
Jenks, Chris,
Childhood / Chris Jenks. - Second edition. - ix, 173 pages ; 21 cm. - Key ideas . - Key ideas. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-162) and index.
Constituting childhood -- Sociological approaches to childhood -- The birth of childhood -- Childhood and social space -- The abuse of childhood -- The strange death of childhood -- Childhood and transgression.
Offering a greater appreciation of the social factors that make up our knowledge of children and childhood, this work views childhood from a social constructionist perspective, giving a critical framework through which to understand private attitudes andpublic policy in relation to the child.
0415341663 9780415341660 0415341671 9780415341677
2005013779
Children
Children--Social conditions
HQ767.9 / .J45 2005
305.23
Childhood / Chris Jenks. - Second edition. - ix, 173 pages ; 21 cm. - Key ideas . - Key ideas. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-162) and index.
Constituting childhood -- Sociological approaches to childhood -- The birth of childhood -- Childhood and social space -- The abuse of childhood -- The strange death of childhood -- Childhood and transgression.
Offering a greater appreciation of the social factors that make up our knowledge of children and childhood, this work views childhood from a social constructionist perspective, giving a critical framework through which to understand private attitudes andpublic policy in relation to the child.
0415341663 9780415341660 0415341671 9780415341677
2005013779
Children
Children--Social conditions
HQ767.9 / .J45 2005
305.23