TY - BOOK AU - Jenks,Chris TI - Childhood T2 - Key ideas SN - 0415341663 AV - HQ767.9 .J45 2005 U1 - 305.23 22 PY - 2005/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Children KW - Social conditions N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -