Towards a Sociology for Childhood: Thinking from Children's Lives - Hardcover
Taking inspiration as well as approaches and techniques from those who did the same for women some years before, Mayall (childhood studies, U. of London) seeks to include children and childhood within sociological thinking: to portray children as participant agents in social relations and childhood as a social group fundamentally implicated in social relational processes. She does not recommend specific political or legal rights, but seeks to raise the status of children in public discourse. She draws data from children she has worked with in London during the 1990s. Distributed in the US by Taylor and Francis. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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About the Author:
Berry Mayall is currently Professor of Childhood Studies at the Institute of Education, University of London. She has worked on many research studies on the daily lives of children and their parents; and in the last ten years has focused on children's own accounts, including their understanding of childhood. Her work is widely recognized; and she has been invited to speak and write about it both in the UK and internationally.
Review:
"...explores some very timely and critical issues in the current development of Childhood Studies...It will be especially valuable for students because it integrates concrete empirical studies with reflection on underlying theoretical assumptions."-Leena Alanen, Professor in Early Childhood Education, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
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- PublisherOpen Univ Pr
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0335208436
- ISBN 13 9780335208432
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages192
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