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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450446403321

Titolo

Childhood studies : a reader in perspectives of childhood / / edited by Jean Mills and Richard Mills

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2000

ISBN

1-134-61197-8

1-134-61198-6

0-203-25281-0

1-280-33306-5

0-203-02020-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (219 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MillsJean <1947->

MillsRichard W

Disciplina

305.23/07/2

Soggetti

Children - Research

Child development - Research

Children - Attitudes

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction Jean Mills and Richard Mills; Overview; Perspectives of childhood Richard Mills; Literature; The child in nineteenth-century literature Jean Mills; Childhood and twentieth-century children's literature Fay Sampson; Education; Children at play Susannah Smith; Language and thought Alison Johnson; Moral and spiritual growth Jack Priestley; Cultural studies; Race, class and gender Neill Thew; Children in film Stuart Hanson; Research; Uncovering the history of childhood Maxine Rhodes

Researching childhood Jean Mills and Richard MillsIndex

Sommario/riassunto

The nature of childhood, the consideration of whether a certain age denotes innocence or not, and the desire to teach good citizenship to our children are all issues commonly discussed by today's media.  This book brings together a variety of perspectives on the study of



childhood: how this has been treated historically and how such a concept is developing as we move into the next century.The book is divided into five main sections:* part one  sets the scene and  provides the reader with an overview of attitudes towards childhood.*  part two survey