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Record Nr.

UNINA9910962659003321

Autore

Valentine Gill <1965-, >

Titolo

Public space and the culture of childhood / / Gill Valentine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-24563-9

1-351-90763-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (142 pages) : illustrations, tables

Disciplina

305.230941

Soggetti

Children - Great Britain - Social conditions

Children - Great Britain - Public opinion

Parents - Great Britain - Attitudes

Children and the environment - Great Britain

Public spaces - Great Britain

Spatial behavior - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2004 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

ch. 1. Childhood in crisis? -- ch. 2. Terror talk : geographies of fear -- ch. 3. Gender and parenting cultures -- ch. 4. 'I can handle it' : children and competence -- ch. 5. The retreat from the street -- ch. 6. Contested terrain : teenagers in public space -- ch. 7. Children and the future of public space.

Sommario/riassunto

Children are at the heart of popular and public debates in North America and Europe about the culture of public space. On the one hand there is increased anxiety about children's vulnerability to stranger danger, on the other there is a rising tide of fear about out of control and dangerous youth. This book addresses both these debates about children's role in public space, setting them within an academic framework and drawing on a range of interdisciplinary work on childhood, young people and parenting. It is therefore relevant to practitioners and policy makers concerned with the nature and future of public space, and to academics researching or teaching about childhood, family or public space in the disciplines of sociology, social policy and geography.