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The book provides an advanced, accessible text for childhood
studies, which is suitable and challenging for those coming from
practice, different parts of the world and from a range of
disciplines. Key ideas within childhood studies are introduced,
from agency to intersectionality to children’s rights. Addressing
children and young people under the age of 18, the book combines
concepts from seminal texts with challenging, critical views and
alternatives, to stimulate readers to develop their own analysis
and apply the results to their own interests. It reveals how
childhood studies draws on a rich and deserve range of perspectives
from child development, educational studies, history, human rights,
media studies, philosophy, public health, race and ethnicity
studies, to social anthropology. The book is organised around five
sections: - foundations of childhood studies - childhood studies
meets other disciplines - childhood studies meets children’s
rights studies - intersectional perspectives on childhood -
childhood studies in practice Each section includes commentaries
from international experts based in Australia, Brazil, the UK, the
USA and Zimbabwe. The book also includes a range of pedagogical
features including guiding questions and challenge tasks, quotes
from current and previous students, a glossary of terms, as well as
a companion website with self-test quizzes, short videos from the
authors, students and international scholars.
The book provides an advanced, accessible text for childhood
studies, which is suitable and challenging for those coming from
practice, different parts of the world and from a range of
disciplines. Key ideas within childhood studies are introduced,
from agency to intersectionality to children’s rights. Addressing
children and young people under the age of 18, the book combines
concepts from seminal texts with challenging, critical views and
alternatives, to stimulate readers to develop their own analysis
and apply the results to their own interests. It reveals how
childhood studies draws on a rich and deserve range of perspectives
from child development, educational studies, history, human rights,
media studies, philosophy, public health, race and ethnicity
studies, to social anthropology. The book is organised around five
sections: - foundations of childhood studies - childhood studies
meets other disciplines - childhood studies meets children’s
rights studies - intersectional perspectives on childhood -
childhood studies in practice Each section includes commentaries
from international experts based in Australia, Brazil, the UK, the
USA and Zimbabwe. The book also includes a range of pedagogical
features including guiding questions and challenge tasks, quotes
from current and previous students, a glossary of terms, as well as
a companion website with self-test quizzes, short videos from the
authors, students and international scholars.
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