The sociology of childhood /
By: Corsaro, William A.
Series: Sociology for a new century.Publisher: Thousand Oaks : Pine Forge Press, 2005Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xiv, 359 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0761987517; 9780761987512:.Subject(s): ChildrenDDC classification: 305.23Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-337) and index.
The Sociological Study of Childhood -- Social Theories of Childhood -- The Structure of Childhood and Children's Interpretive Reproductions -- Studying Children and Childhood Macro Level Methods -- Children, Childhood, and Families in Historical and Cultural Context -- Historical Views of Childhood and Children -- Social Change, Families, and Children / Examining Changes in Families from the Children's Perspective -- Children's Cultures -- Children's Peer Cultures and Interpretive Reproduction -- Sharing and Control in Initial Peer Cultures -- Conflict and Differentiation in the Initial Peer Culture -- Preadolescent Peer Cultures -- Children, Social Problems, and the Future of Childhood -- Children, Social Problems, and Society -- The Future of Childhood.
Corsaro shows how children contribute to both social stability and social change through a process of interpretive reproduction, and breaks new ground by stressing the conceptual autonomy of children.