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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782457103321

Titolo

An introduction to childhood studies [[electronic resource] /] / editor, Mary Jane Kehily

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Maidenhead, England, : Open University Press

New York, : McGraw-Hill, 2009

ISBN

1-281-95311-3

9786611953119

0-335-23680-4

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (244 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KehilyMary Jane

Disciplina

305.23

Soggetti

Children

Child development - Study and teaching

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 (p. [209]-227) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Half-title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Editor and contributors; Chapter 1: Understanding childhood; An introduction to some key themes and issues; Chapter 2: Childhood studies; Past, present and future; PART I: Historical Approaches to Childhood; Chapter 3: The historical construction of childhood; Chapter 4: Children's literature and childhood; Chapter 5: Innocence and experience; PART II: Sociocultural Approaches to Childhood; Chapter 6: Constructing childhood sociologically; Chapter 7: Developmental psychology and the study of childhood

Chapter 8: New media, new childhoods?PART III: Policy Perspectives on Childhood; Chapter 9: Promoting better childhoods; Chapter 10: Children's rights in early childhood; Chapter 11: Childhood and the law; Chapter 12: The future of childhood; References; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Covers developments in children's literature, moral panic around sexual abuse, the impact of media technology on children's lives. This book also covers children's rights and educational provision including the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.