Description
Book SynopsisThe book provides an advanced, accessible text for childhood studies, which is suitable and challenging for those coming from practice, different parts of the world and from a range of disciplines. Key ideas within childhood studies are introduced, from agency to intersectionality to children's rights. Addressing children and young people under the age of 18, the book combines concepts from seminal texts with challenging, critical views and alternatives, to stimulate readers to develop their own analysis and apply the results to their own interests. It reveals how childhood studies draws on a rich and diverse range of perspectives from child development, educational studies, history, human rights, media studies, philosophy, public health, race and ethnicity studies, to social anthropology. The book is organised around five sections: Foundations of Childhood Studies Childhood Studies Meets Other Disciplines Childhood Studies Meets Children's Rights Studies Intersectional Perspectives on
Trade ReviewRigorous, scholarly and engaging... it is one of those rare texts that combines critical examination of the field of childhood studies with a lively pedagogic approach that invites students to explore some of the contemporary debates and themes within the field. -- Michael Wyness, Reader in the Department of Education Studies, University of Warwick, UK
Table of Contents1. Introduction: Childhood Studies, A Welcoming Field,
Laura Weiner (University of Edinburgh, UK) and John M. Davis (University of Strathclyde, UK) 2. Foundations of Childhood Studies,
E. Kay M. Tisdall (University of Edinburgh, UK) Commentary on Foundations of Childhood Studies,
Sarada Balagopalan (Rutgers Camden University, USA) 3. Childhood Studies Meets Other Disciplines,
Marlies Kustatscher and Deborah Fry (University of Edinburgh, UK) Commentary on Childhood Studies Meets Other Disciplines,
Tendai Charity Nhenga (Africa University, Zimbabwe) 4. Childhood Studies Meets Children’s Rights Studies,
E. Kay M. Tisdall and Kristina Konstantoni (University of Edinburgh, UK) Commentary on Childhood Studies Meets Children’s Rights Studies,
Irene Rizzini (International Centre for Research and Policy on Childhood at PUC-Rio, Brazil) 5. Intersectional Perspectives on Childhood,
Marlies Kustatscher and Kristina Konstantoni (University of Edinburgh, UK) Commentary on Intersectional Perspectives on Childhood,
Erica Burman (University of Manchester, UK) 6. Childhood Studies in Practice,
M. Catherine Maternowska and Deborah Fry (University of Edinburgh, UK) Commentary on Childhood Studies in Practice,
Amanda Third (Western Sydney University, Australia) 7. Conclusion: Using Childhood Studies Concepts to Further Emancipatory Praxis,
Laura Weiner (University of Edinburgh, UK) and John M. Davis (University of Strathclyde, UK) Glossary Index
