| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 292 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Rutgers series in childhood studies
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Rutgers series in childhood studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preface ; Introduction: the imperative and the process for rethinking childhood / Peter B. Pufall and Richard P. Unsworth -- pt. I. Children's voice and agency. Understanding childhood from an interdisciplinary perspective: problems and potentials / Allison James ; Children as philosophers / Gareth B. Matthews ; Children as theologians / Eileen W. Lindner ; Action, voice and identity in children's lives / Jack A. Meacham -- pt. II. Voice and agency in education. "Do you know you have worms on your pearls?": Listening to children's voices in the classroom / Susan Etheredge ; Cultural integrity and schooling outcomes of African American children from low-income backgrounds / A. Wade Boykin and Brenda A. Allen ; "We have these rules inside": the effects of exercising voice in a children's online forum / Justine Cassell -- pt. III. Voice and agency within families. Advertising and marketing to children in the United States / Enola G. Aird ; Children's lives in and out of poverty / Karen A. Gray ; Children of divorce / Jan Pryor and Robert E. Emery -- pt. IV. Voice and agency in neighborhoods and sports. Negotiating the dance: social capital from the perspective of neighborhood children and adults / James C. Spilsbury and Jill E. Korbin ; Are we having fun yet? / Rhonda Singer -- pt. V. Voice and agency as legal rights. Re-visioning rights for children / Barbara Bennett Woodhouse ; Recognizing the roots: children's identity rights / Alice Hearst -- Resources for further research: a roadmap for surfing the Internet / Raymond A. Ducharme. |
| Summary |
In Rethinking Childhood, twenty contributors, coming from the disciplines of anthropology, government, law, psychology, education, religion, philosophy, and sociology, provide a multidisciplinary view of childhood by listening and understanding the ways children shape their own futures. Taken together, these essays develop a new paradigm for understanding childhood as children experience these years. This paradigm challenges readers to develop fresh ways of listening to children & amp;rsquo;s voices that enable both children and adults to cross the barriers of age, experience, and stereotypi. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Children.
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Children. |
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Children -- Social conditions.
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Children -- Social conditions. |
| Indexed Term |
Samfundsvidenskab Sociologi. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Children. |
| Added Author |
Pufall, Peter B.
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Unsworth, Richard P.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rethinking childhood. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2004 0813533643 0813533651 (DLC) 2003009389 (OCoLC)52127473 |
| ISBN |
0813535301 (electronic book) |
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9780813535302 (electronic book) |
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9780813533643 (alkaline paper) |
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0813533643 (alkaline paper) |
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9780813533650 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0813533651 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780813558325 (electronic book) |
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0813558328 (electronic book) |
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