Constructing and Reconstructing Childhood
Contemporary Issues in the Sociological Study of Childhood
2nd Edition
Published on 2. September 2003
280 pages
978-1-135-71549-6 (ISBN)
Description
First published in 1997. The second and fully revised edition of James and Prout's acclaimed seminal work on the study of childhood.
Reviews / Votes
'It is thus timely to publish this second, revised and wholly updated edition of the book which made such a major contribution to this process. This second edition will be a necessary update for all educationalists and professionals involved with children.' - RoutledgeFarmerMore details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
File size
7,09 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-135-71549-6 (9781135715496)
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Allison James | Alan Prout
Constructing and Reconstructing Childhood
Contemporary Issues in the Sociological Study of Childhood
Book
04/1997
2nd Edition
Routledge Falmer
€160.94
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Allison James | Alan Prout
Constructing and Reconstructing Childhood
Contemporary Issues in the Sociological Study of Childhood
Book
04/1997
2nd Edition
Routledge Falmer
€76.70
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Content
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.
