Key issues in childhood and youth studies
Subtitle: critical issues
By: edited by Derek Kassem, Lisa Murphy, and Elizabeth Taylor.
Contributors: Kassem, Derek.; Murphy, Lisa, 1969-; Taylor, Elizabeth, 1970-
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415468886
Subjects: Child development; Children; Child welfare; Adolescent Development; Child Development; Adolescent Behavior; Child Behavior; Child Welfare
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: In the beginning? The origins of childhood / John Clarke; title: The building blocks : construction of childhood / Shirley J Pressler; title: A mixed life : race, racism, and mixed heritage / Derek Kassem; title: Mind games : the psychology of the child / Diahann Gallard; title: Inborn or bred : the development of speech and language / Lisa Murphy; title: Coming of age : childhood sexuality / John Clarke; title: The nanny state? Children and the notion of risk / Andrew Kennedy; title: Not seen, not heard : the child and protection / Lynne Kendal; title: The parent of last resort : life as a looked-after child / Derek Kassem; title: Healthy in body, healthy in? / John Harrison; title: The devil wears a hoodie : the social construction of deviant identities / John Robinson; title: Up against the wall : the testing regime of childhood / Terry Wrigley; title: Rightfully mine! The rights of the child / Heather Montgomery; title: The have-not nots : childhood and youth poverty in the UK / Diane Grant; title: Brutalized childhoods : the Palestinian experience / Samir Qouta; title: The death of childhood : childhood in the context of HIV/AIDS / Gabriella Torstensson; title: To go or to starve : moving for a better life / Sam Punch.