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

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

by Allison James (Editor), Alan Prout (Editor)

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Inspired by the 3rd international workshop on the ethnography of childhood, Cambridge, this book explores the ways in which childhood is socially constructed. It's intention is to show the ways in which the immaturity of children is conceived and articulated in particular societies into culturally specific sets of ideas and philosophies, attitudes and practices which combine to define the nature of childhood .

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 358
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Routledge Falmer
Published: 19 Sep 1990

ISBN 10: 1850007500
ISBN 13: 9781850007500