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  • Children and the Changing Familyby An-Magritt Jensen; Lorna McKee

    RoutledgeFalmer 2003; US$ 52.95

    This timely and thought-provoking book explores how social and family change are colouring the experience of childhood. more...

  • Child Protection and Family Supportby Nigel Parton

    Routledge 1997; US$ 59.95

    Focuses on the continuing debate about how child protection policies and practices should be balanced and integrated with those in family support and child welfare more generally. A range of distinguished commentators suggest ways forward more...

  • Inventing the Childby Joseph L. Zornado

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 135.00

    This book traces the historical roots of Western culture's stories of childhood in which the child is subjugated to the adult. Going back 400 years, it looks again at Hamlet, fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, and Walt Disney cartoons. Inventing the Child is a highly entertaining, humorous, and at times acerbic account of what it means to be a child... more...

  • Constructing and Reconstructing Childhoodby Allison James; Alan Prout

    Taylor and Francis 1997; US$ 63.95

    The second and fully revised edition of James and Prout's acclaimed seminal work on the study of childhood. more...

  • Girls, Boys and Junior Sexualitiesby Emma Renold

    Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 46.95

    Girls, Boys and Junior Sexualities takes an insightful and in-depth look at the hidden worlds of young children's sexualities. Based upon extensive group interviews and observation, the author illustrates how sexuality is embedded in children's school-based cultures and gender identities. From examining children's own views and experiences, the... more...

  • Unequal Childhoodsby Helen Penn

    Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 42.50

    An expert in her field, Helen Penn discusses the inequalities between and within countries of childhood poverty and how this poverty is recognized and defined through the following case-studies: Kazakhstan - once part of the Soviet Union Swaziland - a country in Southern Africa devastated by HIV and AIDS Himalayan India Brazil - one of the... more...

  • The Future of Childhoodby Alan Prout

    Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 53.95

    In this ground-breaking book, Alan Prout discusses the place of children and childhood in modern society. He critically examines 'the new social studies of childhood', reconsidering some of its key assumptions and positions and arguing that childhood is heterogeneous and complex. The study of childhood requires a broad set of intellectual resources... more...

  • Childrenby David Archard

    Taylor and Francis 1993; US$ 33.95

    Whether children have rights is a debate that in recent years has spilled over into all areas of public life. It has never been more topical than now as the assumed rights of parents over their children is challenged on an almost daily basis. David Archard offers the first serious and sustained philosophical examination of children and their rights.... more...

  • Mistress Ruby Ties It Togetherby Robin Shamburg

    Random House Publishing Group 2001; US$ 15.00

    Equal parts memoir, how-to and social satire, Mistress Ruby Ties it Together is a guided tour through New York's S underworld, where the author worked as a professional dominatrix to subsidize her writing career.  As Mistress Ruby, this former Catholic school girl took confessions from some of the country's most powerful men.  Within the sanctity... more...

  • Kids and Media in Americaby Donald F. Roberts; Ulla G. Foehr; Victoria J. Rideout; Mollyanne Brodie

    Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 26.00

    The first national sample study of its kind ever conducted in the US, which provides a comprehensive picture of young people's media behavior ever assembled. The book provides the first detailed examination of US young people's media use by examining the full array of media available to children and adolescents. more...