{"product_id":"theorizing-childhood-paperback-softback-9780745615653","title":"Theorizing Childhood (Paperback \/ softback) 9780745615653","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTheorizing Childhood\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAllison James (Author), Chris Jenks (Author), Alan Prout (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745615653, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 12 January 1998\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.39 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'An exciting book by three of the foremost social-scientific specialists on childhood writing in Britain today; it promises to consolidate Childhood Studies as a new field of concerted endeavour.' \u003ci\u003eNigel Rapport, University of St Andrews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e'This new book is a spring of inspiration. \u003ci\u003eTheorizing Childhood\u003c\/i\u003e addresses in a superb way the main, if not all, relevant approaches within the 'new sociology of childhood'. It demonstrates brilliantly the salience of this new field both for what it can learn from the general body of knowledge and for what it can itself contribute to modern social science...no scholar in this or neighbouring fields can afford not to read and digest it.' \u003ci\u003eJens Qvortrup, South Jutland University Centre\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'The framework developed here is potentially an extremely powerful one, with enormous potential to stimulate and focus our thinking about childhood - and in particular our research' \u003ci\u003eSocial Work \u0026amp; Social Sciences Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn recent years there has been a rapid growth of interest in the sociological study of childhood. This new book draws together the major developments in the field. In particular, the book discusses contemporary sociological and anthropological research in order to develop key links between the study of childhood and social theory, exposing its historical, political and cultural dimensions.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Imagining Childhood.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The Presociological Child.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Sociological Child.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Situating Childhood.\u003c\/b\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Childhood in Social Space.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Temporality of Childhood.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Play as Childhood Culture?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Working Children.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. One Childhood or Many?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. The Body and Childhood.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Researching Childhood.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Theorizing Childhood.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Theorizing Childhood.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52460677202200,"sku":"9780745615653","price":16.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745615653.jpg?v=1785457933","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/theorizing-childhood-paperback-softback-9780745615653","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}