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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452931703321

Autore

Robinson Kerry H

Titolo

Innocence, Knowledge and the Construction of Childhood [[electronic resource] ] : The contradictory nature of sexuality and censorship in children's contemporary lives

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2012

ISBN

0-203-11753-0

1-283-87191-2

1-136-30417-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 p.)

Disciplina

372.21

613.9071

Soggetti

Early childhood education - Social aspects - Australia

Early childhood education -- Social aspects -- Australia

Multicultural education - Australia

Multicultural education -- Australia

Sex instruction - Australia

Sex instruction -- Australia

Sex instruction - Social aspects - Australia

Early childhood education - Australia

Gender & Ethnic Studies

Social Sciences

Gender Studies & Sexuality

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Innocence, Knowledge and the Construction of Childhood; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 The contradictory nature of children's contemporary lives; 2 Difficult knowledge and subjugated knowledge: adult/child relations and the regulation of citizenship; 3 Childhood innocence, moral panic and censorship: constructing the vulnerable child; 4 Schooling the vulnerable child: power/knowledge and the



regulation of the adult normative citizen-subject; 5 Children's sexual subjectivities

6 Parents, children's sexual subjectivity and the transmission of sexual knowledge across generations7 Critical conversations: building a culture of sexual ethics early in life; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Innocence, Knowledge and the Construction of Childhood provides a critical examination of the way we regulate children's access to certain knowledge and explores how this regulation contributes to the construction of childhood, to children's vulnerability and to the constitution of the 'good' future citizen in developed countries. Through this controversial analysis, Kerry H. Robinson critically engages with the relationships between childhood, sexuality, innocence, moral panic, censorship and notions of citizenship. This book highlights how the strict regulation of children