Childhood and society : growing up in an age of uncertainty / Nick Lee ; foreword by Tim May.
Material type:
TextSeries: Issues in societyPublisher: Buckingham : Open University Press, 2001Description: 176pISBN: - 0335206085(pbk.) :
- 0335206093
- 305.23
Contents:
Introduction: childhood and human variation -- Pt. 1. Human beings and human becomings. 1. What do you want to be when you grow up? 2. Defining the dependent child. 3. Beings in their own right? The recognition and mis-recognition of children -- Pt. 2. Ambiguities of childhood. 4. Children out of place: ambiguity and social order. 5. Children in their place: home, school and media. 6. New places for children: voice, rights and decision-making -- Pt. 3. Human becomings and social research. 7. Childhood and extension: the multiplication of becoming. 8. Towards an immature sociology. 9. Conclusion: growing up and slowing down.
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Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction: childhood and human variation -- Pt. 1. Human beings and human becomings. 1. What do you want to be when you grow up? 2. Defining the dependent child. 3. Beings in their own right? The recognition and mis-recognition of children -- Pt. 2. Ambiguities of childhood. 4. Children out of place: ambiguity and social order. 5. Children in their place: home, school and media. 6. New places for children: voice, rights and decision-making -- Pt. 3. Human becomings and social research. 7. Childhood and extension: the multiplication of becoming. 8. Towards an immature sociology. 9. Conclusion: growing up and slowing down.
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