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The Geographies of Young People

The Morally Contested Spaces of Identity

Stuart C Aitken author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:5th Jul '01

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This book traces some of the changing scientific and societal notions of what it is to be a young person, and argues that there is a need to rethink how we view childhood spaces, child development and the politics of growing up. The book challenges popular myths that evoke general notions of childhood as a natural stage in the development towards adulthood. In addition, the book argues that new theories need to articulate the interdependent relations between material societal transformations and the social constructions of childhood.

This book is likely to be a key text for those interested in studying, teaching and researching the geographies of childhood. - Progress in Human Geography

'A useful book for anyone interested in exploring the psychoanalytic and feminist theories which challenge general notions of childhood' - Gender, Place & Culture


This book is likely to be a key text for those interested in studying, teaching and researching the geographies of childhood. - Progress in Human Geography

What Aitken does well is to highlight the social-spatial processes embedded in the moral foundations in the institutions of thought and theory - Mary E Thomas, Environment and Planning

'A useful book for anyone interested in exploring the psychoanalytic and feminist theories which challenge general notions of childhood' - Gender, Place & Culture

ISBN: 9780415223959

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 385g

228 pages