The sociology of childhood
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The sociology of childhood
（Sociology for a new century）
Pine Forge Press, c1997
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [278]-290) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This volume brings an extraordinary range of theoretical ideas and empirical research to a neglected area of sociology. William A Corsaro shows how children contribute to both social stability and social change through a process of interpretive reproduction, and breaks new ground by stressing the conceptual autonomy of children.
Part One reviews traditional approaches to socialization and contrasts them with the author's perspective of interpretive reproduction. The second part places the new sociology of childhood in historical and cultural perspective. The importance of children's peer culture is defined and discussed in Part Three, and the last part considers children as social problems and also the social problems of children.
Table of Contents
PART ONE: THE SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY OF CHILDHOOD
Social Theories of Childhood
The Structure of Childhood and Children's Interpretive Reproductions
PART TWO: CHILDREN, CHILDHOOD AND FAMILIES IN HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT
Historical Views of Childhood and Children
Social Change, Families, and Children
PART THREE: CHILDREN'S CULTURES
Children's Peer Cultures and Interpretive Reproduction
Sharing and Control in Initial Peer Cultures
Conflict and Differentiation in the Initial Peer Culture
Preadolescent Peer Cultures
PART FOUR: CHILDREN, SOCIAL PROBLEMS, AND THE FUTURE OF CHILDHOOD
Children as Social Problems
The Social Problems of Children
The Future of Childhood
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