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  • Childhoodby Chris Jenks

    Routledge 1996; US$ 174.00

    In this fascinating book Chris Jenks thoroughly examines the concept of childhood. He focuses on the way the image of the child is played out in society, looking specifically at its image through history and the reality of child abuse. more...

  • Research With Childrenby Pia Christensen; Allison James

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 47.95

    Research with Children is a unique resource book on the methodology of childhood research. Leading and new researchers within the social studies of childhood discuss central questions of epistemology and methodology, demonstrating the links between theory and practice. The theoretical and practical questions are set out in a clear and well-argued... more...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Contesting Childhoodby Michael Wyness

    Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 47.50

    Wyness argues for new, more effective conceptions of childhood, derived from analysis of recent social policy. 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...

  • 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...