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Critical Childhood Studies

Global Perspectives

Deborah Fry author Professor Kay Tisdall author Professor John Davis author Kristina Konstantoni author Marlies Kustatscher author Dr Catherine Maternowska author Laura Weiner author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:7th Sep '23

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A critical introduction to childhood studies which engages students with the key debates within the field from agency and participation to materialism and embodiment.

The 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 Childhood Childhood Studies in Practice Each section includes commentaries from international experts based in Australia (Amanda Third), Brazil (Irene Rizzini), the UK (Erica Burman), the USA (Sarada Balagopalan) and Zimbabwe (Tendai Charity Nhenga). The book has a range of pedagogical features including guiding questions and challenge tasks, quotes from students and other experts, and a glossary of terms. The book has a companion website with videos from authors, students and those working in practice and policy, interactive tasks and other resources.

Rigorous, 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

ISBN: 9781350163201

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288 pages