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Edited by Lynn O?Brien Hallstein, Andrea O'Reilly, Melinda Vandenbeld Giles

Interdisciplinary and intersectional in emphasis, the Routledge Companion to Motherhood brings together essays on current intellectual themes, issues, and debates, while also creating a foundation for future scholarship and study as the field of Motherhood Studies continues to develop globally.…

Hardback – 2019-11-01 
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Routledge Companions to Gender

Edited by Jenny Banh, Haiming Liu

With case studies from the USA, Canada, Chile, and other countries in Latin America, American Chinese Restaurants examines the lived experiences of what it is like to work in a Chinese restaurant. The book provides ethnographic insights on small family businesses, struggling immigrant parents, and…

Paperback – 2019-09-16 
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By Désirée Remmert

This book compares aspirations and life-choices among educated young adults in urban China and Taiwan. As two places that share a cultural heritage but very different political and economic systems, it assesses how the socioeconomic and political trajectories of China and Taiwan have influenced…

Hardback – 2019-08-28 
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Routledge Research on Taiwan Series

Edited by Pat Dolan, Nick Frost

In the context of the increasing global movement of people and a growing evidence base for differing outcomes in child welfare, Routledge Handbook of Global Child Welfare provides a compelling account of child welfare, grounded in the latest theory, policy and practice. Drawing on eminent…

Paperback – 2019-06-30 
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Edited by Steven F. Arvizu, Marietta Saravia-Shore

Originally published in 1992. This book advocates and demonstrates the benefits of an anthropological approach that recognizes the centrality of culture in the educational process. This approach encompasses knowledge and understanding of other cultures’ patterns of interaction, values, institutions…

Paperback – 2019-05-29
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Routledge Library Editions: Literacy

Edited by Christopher Kelen, Bjorn Sundmark

This book explores representations of child autonomy and self-governance in children’s literature.The idea of child rule and child realms is central to children’s literature, and childhood is frequently represented as a state of being, with children seen as aliens in need of passports to Adultland…

Paperback – 2019-05-21
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By Jacqueline Reid-Walsh

Movable books are an innovative area of children’s publishing. Commonly equated with spectacular pop-ups, movable books have a little-known history as interactive, narrative media. Since they are hybrid artifacts consisting of words, images and movable components, they cross the borders between…

Paperback – 2019-05-21
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By Elly Thomas

Play and the Artist’s Creative Process explores a continuity between childhood play and adult creativity. The volume examines how an understanding of play can shed new light on processes that recur in the work of Philip Guston and Eduardo Paolozzi. Both artists’ distinctive engagement with popular…

Hardback – 2019-03-06
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Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies

Edited by Marit Skivenes, Karl Harald Søvig

Societies and states are at a crossroad in how children are treated and how their rights are respected and protected. Children´s new position and their strong rights create tensions and challenge the traditional relationships between family and the state. The United Nations Convention on the Rights…

Hardback – 2019-02-26
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Routledge Research in International Law

Edited by John Horton, Michelle Pyer

The very notions of childhood and youth are intimately connected to contemporary norms, practices and spaces of care, caring and care-giving. The provision of care is widely figured as both the primary responsibility of parents, carers and practitioners who work with children and young people, and…

Paperback – 2019-01-17
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Routledge Spaces of Childhood and Youth Series

Edited by Audra A. Diptee, David V. Trotman

Atlantic Childhoods in Global Contexts explores childhood and youth in the Global South. The term childhood often conjures images of innocence, vulnerability and the need for protection, but this book suggests that, in colonial contexts, these images need to be re-examined. In fact, as the articles…

Paperback – 2019-01-03
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By George E. Dickinson, Brenda S. Sanders

With a rapidly aging population throughout the world, the issue of larger percentages of older adults has repercussions for both policy and the job market. Whether a university student about to seek a full-time job or a caregiver for an older person, Aging in the Family should enhance the reader’s…

Paperback – 2018-11-16
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