9780415340274

Childhood

Format: Hardcover

ISBN13: 9780415340274

Hardcover|9780415340274


Overview

Childhood is an extremely complex and highly contested concept. It refers to a life phase as well as to the age group defined as children, but is also a cultural construction, part of the social and economic structure of communities. The key scholarship collected, introduced, and reprinted in these volumes reflects this complexity and introduces the reader to the wide variety of interpretations that have been and continue to be placed on it. It might be suggested that the push or initiative in theorizing childhood has derived from advances within sociology and anthropology. However, the future provides potential for interdisciplinary study, which this collection also reflects. The contemporary study of childhood must comprise a conjoining of disciplines: sociology; anthropology; psychology; social geography; history; philosophy; and socio-legal theory, all have something to add to the field and are represented within the collection.

ISBN-13

9780415340274

ISBN-10

0415340276

Weight

1.63 Pounds

Dimensions

6.14 x 0.88 x 9.21 In

Edition

1st Edition

Format

Hardcover

Publisher

Routledge

Published On

2005-10-01



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