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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780234103321

Autore

Lanclos Donna M. <1970->

Titolo

At play in Belfast : children's folklore and identities in Northern Ireland / / Donna M. Lanclos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Brunswick, N.J. : , : Rutgers University Press, , 2003

©2003

ISBN

0-8135-5519-1

0-8135-3452-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 208 pages) : illustrations

Collana

The Rutgers series in childhood studies

Disciplina

398/.09083/094167

Soggetti

Children - Northern Ireland - Belfast

Children - Northern Ireland - Belfast - Social conditions

Folklore and children - Northern Ireland - Belfast

Games - Northern Ireland - Belfast

Identity (Psychology) in children - Northern Ireland - Belfast

Belfast (Northern Ireland) Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-199) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- A day in the life -- Rudeness and defining the line between child and adult -- Masculinity and femininity on the playground -- Exploring the Protestant/Catholic divide -- Conclusions.4

Sommario/riassunto

Writing about children on the school playgrounds of working-class Belfast, Northern Ireland, Donna M. Lanclos uses their own words to show how they shape their social identities. She explores their ideas about gender, family, adult-child interactions, and Protestant/Catholic tensions.