1200 Pages
by
Routledge
An extremely complex and highly contested concept, ‘childhood’ refers to a life phase, to the age-group defined as children, as well as to a cultural construction that is part of the social and economic structure of communities.
Reflecting this complexity, these comprehensive volumes introduce the reader to the wide variety of interpretations placed on childhood both today and in the past.... Read more
Volume 1. 1. Theorizing Childhood 2. Childhood and Social Space 3. Childhood through Time Volume 2. 4. Child Abuse and Abandonment 5. Children at Play 6. Children at Work Volume 3. 7. Development, Governance and Emergence 8. Childhood, Violence and Risk 9. Childhood as a Social and Educational Category
Biography
Chris Jenks
