Drawing on children's narratives about their everyday life this book explores how children understand the process of socialization as an embodied, biographical experience at home, at school and in the
In 1984, Allison James spent the summer hiking through the backwoods of the Colorado Mountains with a friend. Piercing the Sky is Allison James’ courageous exploration of her own self-imposed limitati
This book has already proved itself as a course adoption leader in Childhood Studies. All of the strengths of the First Edition have been retained. The book is comprehensive and judged with the needs
This book has already proved itself as a course adoption leader in Childhood Studies. All of the strengths of the First Edition have been retained. The book is comprehensive and judged with the needs
In the context of a growing global awareness of the significance of children's rights and perspectives created by the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child, this edited collection of pa
This text provides a critical analysis of the social construction of childhood and children's agency. Through an interdisciplinary synthesis combining social theory, social policy and the empirical fi
The revised, 3rd edition of Research with Children is a unique resource book on the methodology of childhood research. Leading researchers within the social studies of childhood discuss central questi
The revised, 3rd edition of Research with Children is a unique resource book on the methodology of childhood research. Leading researchers within the social studies of childhood discuss central questi
When the first edition of this seminal work appeared in 1990, the sociology of childhood was only just beginning to emerge as a distinct sub-discipline. Drawing together strands of existing sociologic
When the first edition of this seminal work appeared in 1990, the sociology of childhood was only just beginning to emerge as a distinct sub-discipline. Drawing together strands of existing sociologic
For students and researchers in the human and social sciences, Christensen (anthropology and childhood studies, U. of Warwick, UK) and James (sociology, U. of Sheffield, UK) bring together 14 essays o
Research with Children is a unique resource book on the methodology of childhood research. Leading and new researchers within the social studies of childhood discuss central questions of epistemology
"In The Craft of Knowledge experienced researchers come together to explore what really matters to them in the process of doing research, providing personal accounts of what can often be the trying or
"In exploring children's own everyday food encounters, alongside the ways in which childhood identities are constructed and mediated through food, this book enables a measured and insightful understan
This collection addresses the theme of representation in anthropology. Its fourteen articles explore some of the directions in which contemporary anthropology is moving, following the questions raised
