The Palgrave Handbook of Childhood Studies - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0230532608 ISBN 13: 9780230532601

Casa editrice: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

Riassunto

A landmark publication in the field, this state of the art reference work, with contributions from leading thinkers across a range of disciplines, is an essential guide to the study of children and childhood, and sets out future research agendas for the subject.

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Recensione:

“This wide-ranging volume will be an invaluable resource for practitioners, researchers and students in the social sciences and humanities who are interested in unsettling the demands of normative childhoods.” (Karen Wells, Birkbeck, University of London, UK)

“With a host of international authors, this book invites us into the freedom to respond to the complexity of childhood and to do so with respect and wonder.” (Tanya Titchkosky, University of Toronto, Canada)

“The editors combine a profound understanding of the academic complexities and the practical ‘real life’ challenges that ‘trouble’ all scholarly studies that seek to build understand of the lives of disabled children.” (Luke Clements,  University of Leeds, UK)

“This much awaited handbook carefully and critically traverses a range of areas in unprecedented and genuinely interdisciplinary ways.” (Shaun Grech, The Critical Institute, Malta)

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"'This is a very significant book which assembles the work of many of the leading interdisciplinary figures in the field of childhood studies. The contents are well organised and the arguments both coherent and compelling. It will be difficult for any future scholar in this area of research to to sidestep this major contribution to our understanding' -Professor Chris Jenks, Vice Chancellor Brunel University, UK 'The Handbook of Childhood Studies is an excellent resource: comprehensive in scope, interdisciplinary in content, well-chosen topics, with thoughtful essays by major figures in the field. It's a treasure!' - --Barrie Thorne, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley, USA; co-editor of Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research"

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• Editore: Palgrave Macmillan
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0230532608
• ISBN 13: 9780230532601
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 452
• Redattore: Qvortrup Jens, Corsaro William A., Honig Michael-sebastian