An introduction to childhood studies /
Contributor(s): Kehily, Mary Jane [editor.].
Publisher: Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2015Edition: Third edition.Description: xii, 246 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9780335264285; 9780335264285:; 033526428X.Subject(s): Child development -- Study and teaching | Children | Children -- Study and teachingDDC classification: 305.231 KEHItem type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 305.231 KEH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Lost Checked out | 07/12/2020 | 0082265 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: 1. Understanding childhood -- An introduction to some key themes and issues / Mary Jane Kehily -- pt. I Studying childhood -- 2. Childhood studies: past, present and future / Martin Woodhead -- 3. The historical construction of childhood / Diana Gittins -- pt. I Activity -- pt. II Sociocultural approaches to childhood -- 4. Constructing childhood sociologically / Chris Jenks -- 5. Developmental psychology and the study of childhood / Valerie Walkerdine -- 6. Anthropological approaches to childhood / Heather Montgomery -- pt. II Activity -- pt. III Policy perspectives on childhood -- 7. Promoting better childhoods: constructions of child concern / Wendy Stainton Rogers -- 8. Children's rights in early childhood / Kylie Smith -- 9. Working with children: an integrated approach / Jane Read -- pt. III Activity -- pt. IV Emergent Issues.
Note continued: 10. New media, new markets, new childhoods? Children's changing cultural environment In the age of digital technology / David Buckingham -- 11. Lost innocence? The sexualization of childhood / Naomi Holford -- 12. Children In armed conflict / David M. Rosen -- pt. IV Activity -- 13. The future of childhood: crisis, cyclical concern or accommodation? / Mary Jane Kehily.
Written by experts from across a range of disciplines, this introductory textbook brings together key themes in the area of childhood studies to provide an introduction to students working in this field.