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The Body, Childhood and Society

By Alan Prout , Jo Campling (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year
2000
ISBN
978-0-333-65949-6, 978-0-333-98363-8
DOI
10.1007/978-0-333-98363-8
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
22 MB (23528717 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
IX, 211\221
Time added
2017-06-25 01:07:36
general; Sociology of FamilySocial Theory; SociologyYouth and Aging

Description

Bringing together two topics of wide and growing sociological interest, The Body, Childhood and Society examines how children's bodies are constructed in schools, families, courts, hospitals and in film. Recognising that children's bodies are a target for adult practices of social regulation, the contributors show that children are also active in their construction, employ them in resistance and social action, and generate their own meanings about them. The editor, a leading sociologist of childhood, draws out the theoretical implications of this work, indicates the limits of social constructionism, and suggests new ways of thinking about the hybrid of material, discursive and collective processes involved. It will be a valuable text for social scientists interested in the body, childhood, schooling, the law, medicine and health.

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