Theorizing Childhood
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Published: January 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9780807737309
Subjects: Adolescents; Children; Social Science; Sociology Of Children; Education / Teaching; Sociology; Sociology - General; Socialization; General; Education
First sentence: All writing occurs in time.
Description: "In recent years there has been a rapid growth of interest in the sociological study of childhood. This new book brings together the major developments in the field." "Drawing on a large body of contemporary sociological and anthropological research, the book develops key links between the study of childhood and social theory, exploring its historical, political, and cultural dimensions. Through a consideration of the twin dimensions of childhood - as a structural feature of societies and as a context of children's everyday lives - the book reveals childhood's socially constructed character."--BOOK JACKET.