Key issues in childhood and youth studies critical issues

Key Issues in Childhood and Youth Studies presents an informed and critical commentary on a range of key issues related to children and childhood, from birth to eighteen years. Challenging current orthodoxies within the adult world on the nature of childhood, it is an essential text for students of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Kassem, Derek (-), Murphy, Lisa, 1969-, Taylor, Elizabeth, 1970-
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge 2010.
Edición:1st ed
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798494306719
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  • Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Activities; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Part 1 Creating childhood; 1.1 The origins of childhood: In the beginning ...; 1.2 Construction of childhood: The building blocks; 1.3 Race, racism and mixed heritage: A mixed life; Part 2 The developing child; 2.1 The psychology of the child Mind games; 2.2 The development of speech and language Inborn or bred?; 2.3 Childhood sexuality Coming of age; Part 3 Children and risk; 3.1 Children and the notion of risk: The nanny state?; 3.2 The child and protection: Not seen, not heard
  • 3.3 Life as a looked-after child: The parent of last resort3.4 Healthy in body, healthy in mind; Part 4 The politics of childhood; 4.1 The social construction of deviant identities: The devil wears a hoodie; 4.2 The testing regime of childhood: Up against the wall; 4.3 The rights of the child: Rightfully mine!; 4.4 Childhood and youth poverty in the UK: The have nots; Part 5 The global child; 5.1 The Palestinian experience: Brutalized childhoods; 5.2 Childhood in the context of HIV/AIDS: The death of childhood; 5.3 Moving for a better life: To stay or to go; Index