The sociology of childhood / William A. Corsaro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Corsaro, William A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 437 pages)

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : Sage/Pine Forge Press, 2011.

Summary:

This new edition of the only text that thoroughly covers children and childhood from a sociological perspective includes updated coverage of peer relations, friendship, children's peer cultures, and the social problems experienced by children. Throughout the book, the author's original research and the compelling photographs and vivid illustrations bring the topics to life. -- Product Description.

Contents:

pt. 1. The sociological study of childhood

1. Social theories of childhood

2. The structure of childhood and children's interpretive reproductions

3. Studying children and childhood

pt. 2. Children, childhood, and families in historical and cultural context

4. Historical views of childhood and children

5. Social change, families, and children

pt. 3. Children's cultures

6. Children's peer cultures and interpretive reproduction

7. Sharing and control in initial peer cultures

8. Conflict and differentiation in the initial peer culture

9. Preadolescent peer cultures

pt. 4. Children, social problems, and the future of childhood

10. Children, social problems, and the family

11. Children, social problems and society

12. The future of childhood.

Notes:

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