Concerning Children
1st Edition
Published on 27. November 2002
328 pages
978-0-7591-1639-9 (ISBN)
Description
Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Concerning Children reflects her innovative thinking on the social and economic construction of motherhood. In this volume, she takes on American society at its core principles: the betterment of our society through the development of our children. Gilman attacks our conventional model of child rearing, one based on obedience and discipline, rather than on the development of creativity and individuality. She responds to popular practices such as the corporal punishment of children, and proposes new and radical ways of child-rearing including social motherhood, which frees women to pursue careers. Presciently observing more than a century ago that it takes an entire village to raise a child, Gilman's Concerning Children is a must-read for anyone interested in gender and family studies.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
CA
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-7591-1639-9 (9780759116399)
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Concerning Children
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01/2003
AltaMira Press
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Concerning Children
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11/2002
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Persons
Charlotte Perkins Gilman was an American writer and feminist theorist. Among her works are The Home, His Religion and Hers, and 'The Yellow Wallpaper'. Michael Kimmel is Professor of Sociology at State University of New York, Stony Brook.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Table of Contents
- Introduction to the AltaMira Press Edition
- I: The Precious Ten
- II: The Effect of Minding On The Mind
- III: Two and Two Together
- IV: The Burnt Child Dreads the Slipper
- V: Teachable Ethics
- VI: A Place for Children
- VII: Unconscious Schooling
- VIII: Presumptuous Age
- IX: The Respect Due to Youth
- X: Too Much Consideration
- XI: Six Mothers
- XII: Meditations on the Nurse-Maid
- XIII: Children and Servants
- XIV: Mothers Natural and Unnatural
- XV: Social Parentage
