Constructing and reconstructing childhood : contemporary issues in the sociological study of childhood

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Constructing and reconstructing childhood : contemporary issues in the sociological study of childhood

edited by Allison James and Alan Prout

Routledge, c1997

2nd ed

  • : pbk

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Originally published: London ; New York : Falmer Press, 1990

Includes bibliographies and index

Contents of Works
  • A new paradigm for the sociology of childhood? provenance, promise and problems / Alan Prout and Allison James
  • Constructions and reconstructions of British childhood : an interpretative survey, 1800 to the present / Harry Hendrick
  • Psychology and the cultural construction of children's needs / Martin Woodhead
  • A voice for children in statistical and social accounting : a plea for children's right to be heard / Jens Qvortrup
  • It's a small world : Disneyland, the family and the multiple re-representations of American childhood / Pauline Hunt and Ronald Frankenberg
  • Negotiating childhood : changing constructions of age for Norwegian children / Anne Solberg
  • Street children : deconstructing a construct / Benno Glauser
  • Who are you kidding? children, power, and the struggle against sexual abuse / Jenny Kitzinger
  • Childhood and the policy makers : a comparative perspective on the globalization of childhood / Jo Boyden
  • Re-presenting childhood : time and transition in the study of childhood / Allison James and Alan Prout
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Description

First published in 1997. The second and fully revised edition of James and Prout's acclaimed seminal work on the study of childhood.

Table of Contents

  • A new paradigm for the sociology of childhood? Provenance, promise and problems, Alan Prout and Allison James
  • constructions and reconstructions of British childhood - an interpretive survey, 1800 to the present, Harry Hendrick
  • psychology and the cultural construction of children's needs, Martin Woodhead
  • a voice for children in statistical and social accounting - a plea for children's right to be heard, Jens Qvortrup
  • it's a small world - Disneyland, the family and the multiple representations of American childhood, Pauline Hunt and Ronald Frankenberg
  • negotiating childhood - changing constructions of age for Norwegian children, Anne Solberg
  • street children - deconstructing a construct, Benno Glauser
  • who are you kidding? children, power and the struggle against sexual abuse, Jenny Kitzinger
  • childhood and the policy makers - a comparative perspective on the globalization of childhood, Jo Boyden
  • re-presenting childhood - time and transition in the study of childhood, Allison James and Alan Prout.

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  • NCID
    BB06447130
  • ISBN
    • 0750705965
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London ; New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xvii, 260 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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