Diana Gittins

The Child in Question (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on personal, historical, sociological, psychoanalytic, literary and artistic sources, this compelling book explores the tensions and contradictions implicit in notions of children and childhood. It examines how children can at once represent innocence, beauty and hope, while at the same time are neglected, disenfranchised and abused. Wide-ranging and provocative, this exploration of what 'the child' means, and has meant, to adults, will appeal to students and professionals across many disciplines, as well as to the interested general reader.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 1997
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781349260928
• Artikelnr.: 54795180

Autorenporträt

DIANA GITTINS worked in higher education for many years, teaching sociology, social history and women's studies and is currently a Research Fellow at the University of Essex, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations.- Foreword.- Preface.- Introduction.- Is Childhood Socially Constructed?.- Who Owns Children?.- Is there a Child Within?.- What Do Children Represent?.- Are Children Innocent?.- Children's Sexuality: Why Do Adults Panic?.- Conclusion.

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List of Illustrations
Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Is Childhood Socially Constructed?
Who Owns Children?
Is there a Child Within?
What Do Children Represent?
Are Children Innocent?
Children's Sexuality: Why Do Adults Panic?
Conclusion.