Constructing and Reconstructing Childhood : Contemporary Issues in the Sociological Study of Childhood

by James,Allison

• ISBN13: 9780750707039
• ISBN10: 0750707038
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-05-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

First published in 1990, this is a second, revised and wholly updated edition of James and Prout's acclaimed seminal work on the study of childhood. The book contains a collection of articles which draw on a variety of disciplines (history, psychology, sociology, anthropology, and feminist and developmental studies) to show how childhood is constructed in society. Scholars and professionals from developed and developing countries worldwide share their knowledge of having worked with children. They provide insights which, at the time of the first edition, were evidence of a far greater need for such a childhood study. This second edition is a necessary update for all educationalists and professionals involved with children.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Preface to Second Edition	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
A New Paradigm for the Sociology of Childhood? Provenance, Promise and Problems	p. 7
Constructions and Reconstructions of British Childhood: an Interpretative Survey, 1800 to the Present	p. 34
Psychology and the Cultural Construction of Children's Needs	p. 63
A Voice for Children in Statistical and Social Accounting: a Plea for Children's Right to Be Heard	p. 85
It's a Small World: Disneyland, the Family and the Multiple Re-Representations of American Childhood	p. 107
Negotiating Childhood: Changing Constructions of Age for Norwegian Children	p. 126
Street Children: Deconstructing a Construct	p. 145
Who Are You Kidding? Children, Power, and the Struggle Against Sexual Abuse	p. 165
Childhood and the Policy Makers: a Comparative Perspective on the Globalization of Childhood	p. 190
Re-Presenting Childhood: Time and Transition in the Study of Childhood	p. 230
Notes on Contributors	p. 251
Index	p. 255
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