Childhood in a global perspective /
Wells, Karen C.,
Childhood in a global perspective / Karen Wells. - Third edition. - 271 pages ; 24 cm
Previous edition: 2015.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This popular book provides a compelling introduction to thinking about childhood in rigorous and critical ways. Karen Wells offers a unique global perspective on children's lives, showing how the notion of childhood varies widely and is continuously being radically re-shaped. Taking children seriously as active participants in society, the book explores key social issues such as how children are constituted as raced, classed and gendered subjects; how school and work operate as sites for the governing of childhood; and how children both shape and are shaped by politics, culture and the economy.
9781509541713 (pbk.) : No price 9781509541706 (hbk.) : No price
Children.
Child development.
Children--Social conditions.
Society.
Childhood in a global perspective / Karen Wells. - Third edition. - 271 pages ; 24 cm
Previous edition: 2015.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This popular book provides a compelling introduction to thinking about childhood in rigorous and critical ways. Karen Wells offers a unique global perspective on children's lives, showing how the notion of childhood varies widely and is continuously being radically re-shaped. Taking children seriously as active participants in society, the book explores key social issues such as how children are constituted as raced, classed and gendered subjects; how school and work operate as sites for the governing of childhood; and how children both shape and are shaped by politics, culture and the economy.
9781509541713 (pbk.) : No price 9781509541706 (hbk.) : No price
Children.
Child development.
Children--Social conditions.
Society.
