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Rethinking Childhood /

Being a child in American society can be problematic. Twenty percent of American children live in poverty, parents are divorcing at high rates, and educational institutions are not always fulfilling their goals. Against this backdrop, children are often patronized or idealized by adults. Rarely do w...

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Otros Autores: Woodhouse, Barbara Bennett, Unsworth, Richard P. (Editor ), Spilsbury, James, Singer, Rhonda, Pufall, Peter B. (Editor ), Pryor, Jan, Meacham, Jack, Matthews, Gary, Lindner, Eileen, Korbin, Jill, James, Allison, Hearst, Alice, Gray, Karen, Etheredge, Susan, Emery, Robert, Ducharme, Raymond, Cassell, Justine, Boykin, A. Wade, Allen, Brenda, Aird, Enola
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2003]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. The Imperative and the Process for Rethinking Childhood
  • Chapter 1. Understanding Childhood from an Interdisciplinary Perspective
  • Chapter 2. Children as Philosophers
  • Chapter 3. Children as Theologians
  • Chapter 4. Action, Voice, and Identity in Children's Lives
  • Chapter 5. "Do You Know You Have Worms on Your Pearls?"
  • Chapter 6. Cultural Integrity and Schooling Outcomes of African American Children from Low-Income Backgrounds
  • Chapter 7. "We Have These Rules Inside"
  • Chapter 8. Advertising and Marketing to Children in the United States
  • Chapter 9. Children's Lives in and out of Poverty
  • Chapter 10. Children of Divorce
  • Chapter 11. Negotiating the Dance
  • Chapter 12. Are We Having Fun Yet?
  • Chapter 13. Re-Visioning Rights for Children
  • Chapter 14. Recognizing the Roots
  • Resources for Further Research
  • Contributors
  • Index