An Introduction to Childhood Studies

Mary Jane Kehily's book "An Introduction to Childhood Studies" has been a successful text in this area. Published at a time when Childhood Studies was emerging as a distinct discipline, the book provides an analysis of key themes in a broad and accessible introduction for students and practitioners. Featuring contributions from a number of prestigious authors in the field, the book has established itself on many reading lists, but would now benefit from a general update of material to remain fresh.A summary of updates is below: all chapters to be updated in light of recent changes - including developments in policy and practice, recent developments in children's literature, moral panic around sexual abuse, the impact of media technology on children's lives, and changes in the law; a new introductory conceptual mapping chapter by Professor Martin Woodhead of the Open University; and, a new chapter on children's rights and educational provision from Glenda MacNaughton (Uni of Queensland, Australia) including coverage of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (This will add both an international perspective to global issues, and an international author). A new concluding chapter will be added. The future of childhood chapter will bring the themes and concepts together and look ahead both to the future research and study of childhood and the future of childhood itself. Further reading suggestions will be added to the chapters.

ISBN 0335228704   Pages 216 ISBN13 9780335228706 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Open University Press   Weight (grammes) 418 Imprint Open University Press   Published in Milton Keynes Format Paperback   Previous ISBN 9780335212675 Publication date 01 Nov 2008   Height (mm) 231 Library of Congress HQ767.9   Width (mm) 152 DEWEY 305.23   Spine width (mm) 17 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Undergraduate

1		Understanding childhood: An introduction to some key themes and issues by Mary Jane Kehily		1
2		Childhood studies: Past, present and future by Martin Woodhead		17
Pt. I		Historical Approaches to Childhood
3		The historical construction of childhood by Diana Gittins		35
4		Children's literature and childhood by Peter Hunt		50
5		Innocence and experience: A historical approach to childhood and sexuality by Mary Jane Kehily and Heather Montgomery		70
Pt. II		Sociocultural Approaches to Childhood
6		Constructing childhood sociologically by Chris Jenks		93
7		Developmental psychology and the study of childhood by Valerie Walkerdine		112
8		New media, new childhoods?: Children's changing cultural environment in the age of digital technology by David Buckingham		124
Pt. III		Policy Perspectives on Childhood
9		Promoting better childhoods: Constructions of child concern by Wendy Stainton Rogers		141
10		Children's rights In early childhood by Glenda MacNaughton and Kylie Smith		161
11		Childhood and the law: In whose 'best interests'? by Daniel Monk		177
12		The future of childhood: Crisis, cyclical concern or accommodation? by Mary Jane Kehily		198
		References		209
		Index		229

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