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William A. Corsaro
ISBN: 9781412979436
Format: Paperback
Publisher:SAGE Publications Inc
Edition: 3rd Revised edition
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Covers children and childhood from a sociological perspective includes updated coverage of peer relations, friendship, and the social problems experienced by children.
This new edition of the only text that thoroughly covers children and childhood from a sociological perspective includes updated coverage of peer relations, friendship, and the social problems experienced by children. The Third Edition - has been thoroughly updated to reflect the recent explosion of research in the field - includes expanded and updated material on children's symbolic culture and material culture, and a new section, 'Children, Parents, and Consumer Culture' - includes new section on 'Generation M: Electronic Media in the Lives of Preadolescents and Adolescents' - highlights current policy debates and changing demographics regarding children's quality of life around the world.
| ISBN | 1412979439 | | Pages | 456 | | ISBN13 | 9781412979436
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 617 | | Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc | | Published in | Thousand Oaks | | Imprint | Pine Forge | | Series title | Sociology for a New Century Series | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 229 | | Publication date | 22 Dec 2010 | | Width (mm) | 152 | | DEWEY | 305.23 | | Spine width (mm) | 24 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | Tertiary education |
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| | | Preface | | | | PART ONE | | The Sociological study of Childhood | | 1 | | 1 | | Social Theories of Childhood | | 7 | | | | Sociology's Rediscovery of Childhood | | 7 | | | | Traditional Theories: Socialization | | 9 | | | | The Deterministic Model: Society Appropriates the Child | | 9 | | | | The Constructivist Model: The Child Appropriates Society | | 12 | | | | Children's Understanding of Conservation of Mass | | 14 | | | | Interpretive Reproduction: Children Collectively Participate in Society | | 20 | | | | From Individual Progression to Collective Reproductions | | 26 | | | | The Orb Web Model | | 27 | | | | Children's Two Cultures | | 29 | | | | Summary | | 29 | | 2 | | The Structure of Childhood and Children's Interpretive Reproductions | | 31 | | | | Assumptions of the Structural Perspective | | 31 | | | | Childhood as a Structural Form | | 32 | | | | Effects of Societal Forces on Childhood | | 33 | | | | Children's Activities and Contributions to Society | | 35 | | | | Childhood, Children's Activities, and Interpretive Reproduction in Peer Culture | | 42 | | | | Three Kinds of Collective Action | | 43 | | | | Summary | | 46 | | 3 | | Studying Children and Childhood | | 47 | | | | Macrolevel Methods | | 48 | | | | Demographic Studies | | 48 | | | | Large-Scale Surveys | | 49 | | | | Historical Methods | | 51 | | | | Microlevel Methods | | 52 | | | | Individual and Group Interviews | | 52 | | | More... | | |
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