The Body, Childhood and Society (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780333659489)

Bringing together two topics of wide and growing sociological interest, The Body, Childhood and Society examines how children's bodies are constructed in schools, families, courts, hospitals and in film. Recognising that children's bodies are a target for adult practices of social regulation, the contributors show that children are also active in their construction, employ them in resistance and social action, and generate their own meanings about them. The editor, a leading sociologist of childhood, draws out the theoretical implications of this work, indicates the limits of social constructionism, and suggests new ways of thinking about the hybrid of material, discursive and collective processes involved. It will be a valuable text for social scientists interested in the body, childhood, schooling, the law, medicine and health.

Author: A. Prout
ISBN-10: 0333659481
ISBN-13: 9780333659489
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 05/05/2000
Pages: 211
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d