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The 'Poor Child' - The cultural politics of education, development and childhood (Hardcover) Loot Price: R4,881
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The 'Poor Child' - The cultural politics of education, development and childhood (Hardcover): Lucy Hopkins, Arathi...

The 'Poor Child' - The cultural politics of education, development and childhood (Hardcover)

Lucy Hopkins, Arathi Sriprakash

Series: Education, Poverty and International Development

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Why are development discourses of the 'poor child' in need of radical revision? What are the theoretical and methodological challenges and possibilities for ethical understandings of childhoods and poverty? The 'poor child' at the centre of development activity is often measured against and reformed towards an idealised and globalised child subject. This book examines why such normative discourses of childhood are in need of radical revision and explores how development research and practice can work to 'unsettle' the global child. It engages the cultural politics of childhood - a politics of equality, identity and representation - as a methodological and theoretical orientation to rethink the relationships between education, development, and poverty in children's lives. This book brings multiple disciplinary perspectives, including cultural studies, sociology, and film studies, into conversation with development studies and development education in order to provide new ways of approaching and conceptualising the 'poor child'. The researchers draw on a range of methodological frames - such as poststructuralist discourse analysis, arts based research, ethnographic studies and textual analysis - to unpack the hidden assumptions about children within development discourses. Chapters in this book reveal the diverse ways in which the notion of childhood is understood and enacted in a range of national settings, including Kenya, India, Mexico and the United Kingdom. They explore the complex constitution of children's lives through cultural, policy, and educational practices. The volume's focus on children's experiences and voices shows how children themselves are challenging the representation and material conditions of their lives. The 'Poor Child' will be of particular interest to postgraduate students and scholars working in the fields of childhood studies, international and comparative education, and development studies.

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Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Education, Poverty and International Development
Release date: July 2015
First published: 2016
Editors: Lucy Hopkins • Arathi Sriprakash
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-74129-3
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Poverty
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Unemployment
Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Age groups > Children
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LSN: 0-415-74129-7
Barcode: 9780415741293

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