Description
Book SynopsisWhat does it mean to think of children as social subjects and how should we go about studying childhood in society? Childhood is a key site where children come to understand themselves as particular kinds of people, not only as individuals but also as members of social and cultural groups.
Trade Review"Wells offers an interesting, astute and highly accessible analysis of the interconnections between liberalism, racism and the creation of the child subject. Her work compels Childhood Studies to become more self-critical."
Sarada Balagopalan, Rutgers University "This original and provocative book has the potential to shift several key paradigms within Childhood Studies and set the agenda for future debates. Focusing on the interplay between the biological and the social, the book offers new and challenging ways of theorizing childhoods."
Heather Montgomery, The Open UniversityTable of Contents
- 1 Making young subjects
- 2 The disciplines
- 3 Governing through race, governing through childhood
- 4 Policing gender
- 5 Class discrimination in childhood
- 6 Disability in Childhood Studies
- 7 Children’s bodies matter
- 8 Development psychology and Social Identity Theory
- 9 Consuming childhoods
- 10 Conclusion
- Bibliography
