Childhood - Anthropology Books

New and Published Books

1. The Cultural Significance of the Child Star

   By Jane Catherine O'Connor

   Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

   The child star is an iconic figure in Western society representing a growing cultural trend which idolises, castigates and fetishises the image of the perfect, innocent and beautiful child. In this book, Jane O’Connor explores the paradoxical status of the child star who is both adored and reviled...

   Published February 22nd 2012 by Routledge
2. Children, Structure and Agency

   Realities Across the Developing World

   By G.K. Lieten

   Series: Routledge Studies in Development and Society

   The child labour debate, the Child Rights Convention and the target of universal primary education in the Millennium Development Goals have drawn increasing attention to children in developing countries. Alongside, a debate has waged on the need for child participation and the appropriateness of...

   Published February 2nd 2012 by Routledge
3. Forensic Mental Health Consulting in Family Law

   Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?

   Edited by Robert L. Kaufman, Margaret Lee

   Forensic Mental Health Professionals have entered the fray of child custody litigation in ways that could not have been predicted even a decade ago. Traditionally engaged as neutral court appointed evaluators or mediators, or as treatment providers for children, parents or families, FMHPs are...

   Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
4. Keywords in Youth Studies

   Tracing Affects, Movements, Knowledges

   Edited by Nancy Lesko, Susan Talburt

   With recent attention to issues such as youth social exclusion, poverty, school underachievement, school violence, gang activity, sexuality, and youth’s interactions with media and the internet, youth studies has emerged as a significant interdisciplinary field. It has moved beyond its roots in...

   Published August 3rd 2011 by Routledge
5. Peer Relationships in Early Childhood Education and Care

   Edited by Margaret Kernan, Elly Singer

   Peer Relationships in Early Childhood Education and Care brings together fresh perspectives and research about young children’s relationships. It examines children’s rights and well-being against a backdrop of increased social movement and migration, changing family structures and work practices,...

   Published September 6th 2010 by Routledge
6. Global Perspectives on Rural Childhood and Youth

   Young Rural Lives

   Edited by Ruth Panelli, Samantha Punch, Elsbeth Robson

   Series: Routledge Studies in Human Geography

   This collection of international research and collaborative theoretical innovation examines the socio-cultural contexts and negotiations that young people face when growing up in rural settings across the world. This book is strikingly different to a standard edited book of loosely...

   Published June 17th 2010 by Routledge
7. Primary School in Japan

   Self, Individuality and Learning in Elementary Education

   By Peter Cave

   Series: Japan Anthropology Workshop Series

   The balance between individual independence and social interdependence is a perennial debate in Japan. A series of educational reforms since 1990, including the implementation of a new curriculum in 2002, has been a source of fierce controversy. This book, based on an extended, detailed study of...

   Published May 11th 2009 by Routledge
8. Global Childhoods

   Globalization, Development and Young People

   Edited by Stuart Aitken

   This astute book initiates a broad discussion from a variety of different disciplines about how we place children nationally, globally and within development discourses. Unlike other books of its kind, it does not seek to dwell solely on the abiding complexities of local comparisons. Rather, it...

   Published March 12th 2009 by Routledge
9. Reconstructing Motherhood and Disability in the Age of Perfect Babies

   By Gail Landsman

   Examining mothers of newly diagnosed disabled children within the context of new reproductive technologies and the discourse of choice, this book uses anthropology and disability studies to revise the concept of "normal" and to establish a social environment in which the expression of full lives...

   Published August 19th 2008 by Routledge
10. Childhood Studies

    A Reader in Perspectives of Childhood

    Edited by Jean Mills, Richard Mills

    The nature of childhood, the consideration of whether a certain age denotes innocence or not, and the desire to teach good citizenship to our children are all issues commonly discussed by today's media. This book brings together a variety of perspectives on the study of childhood: how this has...

    Published December 15th 1999 by Routledge