Understanding Childhood by Mary Jane Kehily
Understanding childhood is a fresh look at how childhood has changed in recent years and reveals how children's needs and experiences have achieved a new visibility
"Relevant and easily understoodProvide good understanding of the issues" Mary Andall, Canterbury Christ Church University.
"An excellent set of books. Perfect for any first or second year undergraduate student wishing to find an interactive, contemporary and theoretically stimulating text." Marie Lavelle, Plymouth University.
"This excellent work provides an important, timely, international survey of childhood studies. Moral panics about children are displaced by scholarly reviews of theory and research from children’s histories, geographies, development, social anthropology and socio-cultural studies. The reader is drawn in by thought provoking case-studies and activities". Dr Dorothy Moss, Leeds Metropolitan University
“Understanding Childhood brings together leading figures across the field and sets out, from a range of disciplinary perspectives, some of the central issues facing research on children and childhood. The volume has superb clarity and incisive analysis. It will be widely read by students and lecturers alike.” Dr David Oswell, Goldsmiths, University of London
"An excellent set of books. Perfect for any first or second year undergraduate student wishing to find an interactive, contemporary and theoretically stimulating text." Marie Lavelle, Plymouth University.
"This excellent work provides an important, timely, international survey of childhood studies. Moral panics about children are displaced by scholarly reviews of theory and research from children’s histories, geographies, development, social anthropology and socio-cultural studies. The reader is drawn in by thought provoking case-studies and activities". Dr Dorothy Moss, Leeds Metropolitan University
“Understanding Childhood brings together leading figures across the field and sets out, from a range of disciplinary perspectives, some of the central issues facing research on children and childhood. The volume has superb clarity and incisive analysis. It will be widely read by students and lecturers alike.” Dr David Oswell, Goldsmiths, University of London
Mary Jane Kehily is Professor of Childhood and Youth Studies at The Open University, UK. She has a background in cultural studies and education and research interests in gender and sexuality, narrative and identity and popular culture. She has published widely on these themes.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781447305804 |
| ISBN 10 | 1447305809 |
| Title | Understanding Childhood |
| Author | Mary Jane Kehily |
| Series | Open University Childhood |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bristol University Press |
| Year published | 2013-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |