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9780415214155

Childhood Studies: A Reader in Perspectives of Childhood

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415214155

  • ISBN10:

    0415214157

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-02-01
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

This book brings together a variety of perspectives on the study of childhood--the historical treatment of the subject, as well as its development as we move into a new century. Teachers of children aged 4-12 will find it helpful in its contribution to their continuing professional development.

Table of Contents

Contributors ix
Acknowledgements xiii
Introduction 1(4)
Jean Mills
Richard Mills
PART ONE Overview 5(34)
Perspectives of childhood
7(32)
Richard Mills
PART TWO Literature 39(38)
The child in nineteenth-century literature
41(20)
Jean Mills
Childhood and twentieth-century children's literature
61(16)
Fay Sampson
PART THREE Education 77(52)
Children at play
79(18)
Susannah Smith
Language and thought
97(16)
Alison Johnson
Moral and spiritual growth
113(16)
Jack Priestley
PART FOUR Cultural studies 129(32)
Race, class and gender
131(14)
Neill Thew
Children in film
145(16)
Stuart Hanson
PART FIVE Research 161(36)
Uncovering the history of childhood
163(18)
Maxine Rhodes
Researching childhood
181(16)
Jean Mills
Richard Mills
Index 197

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