Ambivalent Childhoods

Author : Jacob Breslow
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781452962023

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Ambivalent Childhoods by Jacob Breslow Pdf

Explores childhood in relation to blackness, transfeminism, queerness, and deportability to interrogate what “the child” makes possible The concept of childhood contains many contested and ambivalent meanings that have extraordinary implications, particularly for those staking their claim for belonging and justice on the wish for inclusion within it. In Ambivalent Childhoods, Jacob Breslow examines contemporary U.S. social justice movements (including Black Lives Matter, transfeminism, queer youth activism, and antideportation movements) to discover and reveal how childhood operates within and against them. Ambivalent Childhoods brings together critical race, trans, feminist, queer, critical migration, and psychoanalytic theories to explore the role of childhood in shaping and challenging the disposability of young black life, the steadfastness of the gender binary, the queer life of children’s desires, and the precarious status of migrants. Through an engagement with“the psychic life of the child” that combines theoretical discussions of childhood, blackness, transfeminism, and deportability with critical readings of films, narrative, images, and social justice movements, Breslow demonstrates how childhood requires sustained attention as a complex and ambivalent site for contesting the workings of power, not only for the young. Ambivalent Childhoods is a forward-thinking and intersectional analysis of how childhood affects activism, national belonging, and the violence directed against queer, trans, and racialized people.

Author : Mary Zaborskis
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2024-02-13
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781479813872

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Queer Childhoods by Mary Zaborskis Pdf

"Explores how institutional management of children's sexualities in reform schools, schools for the blind, African American industrial schools, and Native American boarding schools impacted children's future social, political, and economic opportunities - and thus produced queer childhoods"--

Author : Jenny Huberman
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780813566504

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Ambivalent Encounters by Jenny Huberman Pdf

Jenny Huberman provides an ethnographic study of encounters between western tourists and the children who work as unlicensed peddlers and guides along the riverfront city of Banaras, India. She examines how and why these children elicit such powerful reactions from western tourists and locals in their community as well as how the children themselves experience their work and render it meaningful. Ambivalent Encounters brings together scholarship on the anthropology of childhood, tourism, consumption, and exchange to ask why children emerge as objects of the international tourist gaze; what role they play in representing socio-economic change; how children are valued and devalued; why they elicit anxieties, fantasies, and debates; and what these tourist encounters teach us more generally about the nature of human interaction. It examines the role of gender in mediating experiences of social change—girls are praised by locals for participating constructively in the informal tourist economy while boys are accused of deviant behavior. Huberman is interested equally in the children’s and adults’ perspectives; her own experiences as a western visitor and researcher provide an intriguing entry into her interpretations.

Author : Timothy Kinard,Gaile S. Cannella
Publisher : Myers Education Press
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781975504137

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Childhoods in More Just Worlds by Timothy Kinard,Gaile S. Cannella Pdf

A 2023 SPE Outstanding Book Honorable Mention Those who are younger continue to be objects of injustice and inequity; those who are younger, people of color, females, and human beings living in poverty have never been included in equitable performances of justice, care, respect, and fairness. The authors in this international volume use existing social values and institutions--and the strengths of these varied perspectives--to address justice in ways that have not previously been considered. The aim is to create more just worlds for those who are young--as well as for the rest of us. The first set of chapters, Bodies, Beings, and Relations in More Just Worlds, place at the forefront the lives of those who are younger who are commonly situated in positions of invisibility, disqualification, and even erasure. In the second section, Performances of Care and Education for More Just Worlds, the authors acknowledge that needed (re)conceptualizations of those who are younger, along with appreciation for human diversity and entanglements between the so-called human and nonhuman worlds, are the foundations for more just care and education environments. From the critique of neoliberal reform discourses to reconceptualizing human relations with nonhuman animal and material worlds, care and learning environments are rethought. The set of chapters in the final section, Stir of Echoes: 20th Century Childhoods in the 21st, take-up the 20th century critical concerns with constructions of “child” that have dominated and continue to govern perspectives imposed on those who are younger. Suggestions for becoming-with those who are younger through resources like reconceptualist scholarship, Black and Indigenous Studies, and various posthuman perspectives are provided throughout. Whatever the emphasis or focus of a section or chapter, throughout the volume is the recognition that dominant discourses (e.g. neoliberal capitalism, conservativism, progressivism, human exceptionalism) and the policies they create (and that facilitate them), influence possibilities for, and limitations to, more just childhood worlds. Therefore, each section includes chapters that address these complex discourses and policy issues. The reader is invited to engage with these complexities, to become-with the various texts, and to generate unthought possibilities for childhoods in more just worlds. Perfect for courses such as: Curriculum Theory │ Multicultural Education │ Cultural Knowledge of Teachers and Teaching │ Sociocultural Foundations │ Anthropology of Education │ Identity, Agency, and Education │ Race and Ethnic Relations in Schools │ Philosophical Foundations of Education │ Educational Epistemologies │ Theorizing and Researching Teaching and Learning │ Qualitative Research in Education: Paradigms, Theories, and Exemplars │ Epistemologies and Theories in Multicultural and Equity Studies │ Curricular Approaches to Multicultural and Equity Studies in Education │ Culturally Relevant Pedagogy (3) │ Multicultural and Global Perspectives in Teaching and Learning │ Teaching for Social Justice │ Diversity and Equity in Education │ 21st Century Childhood Curriculum │ Childhood and Globalization

Author : Phil Jones
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2009-05-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780826499363

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Rethinking Childhood by Phil Jones Pdf

A key textbook exploring all of the different aspects of childhood: from education to health, from national policies to home life.

Author : Janette B. Benson,Marshall M. Haith
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2010-05-21
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0123785758

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Social and Emotional Development in Infancy and Early Childhood by Janette B. Benson,Marshall M. Haith Pdf

Research is increasingly showing the effects of family, school, and culture on the social, emotional and personality development of children. Much of this research concentrates on grade school and above, but the most profound effects may occur much earlier, in the 0-3 age range. This volume consists of focused articles from the authoritative Encyclopedia of Infant and Early Childhood Development that specifically address this topic and collates research in this area in a way that isn't readily available in the existent literature, covering such areas as adoption, attachment, birth order, effects of day care, discipline and compliance, divorce, emotion regulation, family influences, preschool, routines, separation anxiety, shyness, socialization, effects of television, etc. This one volume reference provides an essential, affordable reference for researchers, graduate students and clinicians interested in social psychology and personality, as well as those involved with cultural psychology and developmental psychology. Presents literature on influences of families, school, and culture in one source saving users time searching for relevant related topics in multiple places and literatures in order to fully understand any one area Focused content on age 0-3- save time searching for and wading through lit on full age range for developmentally relevant info Concise, understandable, and authoritative for immediate applicability in research

Author : Colin Murray Parkes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781134168170

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Love and Loss by Colin Murray Parkes Pdf

Loving and grieving are two sides of the same coin: we cannot have one without risking the other. Only by understanding the nature and pattern of loving can we begin to understand the problems of grieving. Conversely, the loss of a loved person can teach us much about the nature of love. Love and Loss, the result of a lifetime's work, has important implications for the study of attachment and bereavement. In this volume, Colin Murray Parkes reports his innovative research that enables us to bring together knowledge of childhood attachments and problems of bereavement, resulting in a new way of thinking about love, bereavement and other losses. Areas covered include: patterns of attachment and grief loss of a parent, child or spouse in adult life social isolation and support. The book concludes by looking at disorders of attachment and considering bereavement in terms of its implications on love, loss, and change in a wider context. Illuminating the structure and focus of thinking about love and loss, this book sheds light on a wide range of psychological issues. It will be essential reading for professionals working with bereavement, as well as graduate students of psychology, psychiatry, and sociology.

Author : Robert C. Pianta,Susan M. Sheridan
Publisher : Guilford Publications
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781462523733

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Handbook of Early Childhood Education by Robert C. Pianta,Susan M. Sheridan Pdf

Comprehensive and authoritative, this forward-thinking book reviews the breadth of current knowledge about early education and identifies important priorities for practice and policy. Robert C. Pianta and his associates bring together foremost experts to examine what works in promoting all children's school readiness and social-emotional development in preschool and the primary grades. Exemplary programs, instructional practices, and professional development initiatives?and the systems needed to put them into place?are described. The volume presents cutting-edge findings on the family and social context of early education and explores ways to strengthen collaboration between professionals and parents.

Author : Perry Nodelman
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2008-09-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780801889790

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The Hidden Adult by Perry Nodelman Pdf

What exactly is a children’s book? How is children’s literature defined as a genre? A leading scholar presents close readings of six classic stories to answer these questions and offer a clear definition of children’s writing as a distinct literary form. Perry Nodelman begins by considering the plots, themes, and structures of six works: "The Purple Jar," Alice in Wonderland, Dr. Doolittle, Henry Huggins, The Snowy Day, and Plain City—all written for young people of varying ages in different times and places—to identify shared characteristics. He points out markers in each work that allow the adult reader to understand it as a children’s story, shedding light on ingrained adult assumptions and revealing the ways in which adult knowledge and experience remain hidden in apparently simple and innocent texts. Nodelman then engages a wide range of views of children's literature from authors, literary critics, cultural theorists, and specialists in education and information sciences. Through this informed dialogue, Nodelman develops a comprehensive theory of children's literature, exploring its commonalities and shared themes. The Hidden Adult is a focused and sophisticated analysis of children’s literature and a major contribution to the theory and criticism of the genre.

Author : Frank Nestmann,Klaus Hurrelmann
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 3110143607

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Social Networks and Social Support in Childhood and Adolescence by Frank Nestmann,Klaus Hurrelmann Pdf

Author : Victoria Browne
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781350279711

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Pregnancy Without Birth by Victoria Browne Pdf

Pregnancy is so thoroughly entangled with birth and babies in the popular imagination that a pregnancy which ends in miscarriage consistently appears as a failure or a waste of time – indeed, as not proper to pregnancy at all. But in this compelling book, Victoria Browne argues that reflection on miscarriage actually deepens and expands our understanding of pregnancy, forcing us to consider what pregnancy can amount to besides the production of a child. By exploring common themes within personal accounts of miscarriage-including feelings of failure, self-blame and being 'stuck in limbo'-Pregnancy Without Birth critically interrogates teleological discourses and disciplinary ideologies that elevate birth as pregnancy's 'natural' and 'normal' endpoint. As well as politicizing miscarriage as a feminist issue, the book articulates an alternative intercorporeal philosophy of pregnancy which embraces variation, invites us to sit with ambiguity, contingency and suspension, and enables us to see subjective agency in all pregnancies, even as they are shaped by biological, political and social forces beyond our personal control. What emerges is a relational feminist politics of full-spectrum solidarity, social justice and care (rather than individualized choice and responsibility), which breaks down presumed oppositions between pregnancy, miscarriage, abortion, stillbirth and live birth, and liberates pregnancy from reproductive futurism.

Author : Mary Ann Little PhD,Mary Ann Little
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-11
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781538182178

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Childhood Narcissism by Mary Ann Little PhD,Mary Ann Little Pdf

Narcissism is one of the most difficult disorders to treat in adults, but many of the symptoms and tendencies begin in childhood when it’s easier to address and curtail such behaviors. Mary Ann Little helps parents recognize the symptoms and develop parenting practices that can reverse those behaviors before they become entrenched.

Author : Manuela DuBois-Reymond,René Diekstra,Klaus Hurrelmann,Els Peters
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783110871821

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Childhood and Youth in Germany and The Netherlands by Manuela DuBois-Reymond,René Diekstra,Klaus Hurrelmann,Els Peters Pdf

Central topics of adolescence are discussed in this reader, status transitions and coping strategies of young people in Germany and The Netherlands. Based on several research projects from both countries, qualitative as well as quantitative and longitudinal, the contributions cover the perspectives of psychology, pedagogy and cultural sociology. Part one presents research on a classic theme in adolescence sciences, status transitions. Part two discusses a cross-cultural project from three European regions. Part three focuses on the nature and magnitude of emotional and behavioural problems and risk behaviour as well as on their interpersonal and social correlates. The last section introduces youth information as a new educational concept in order to help modern youth in their orientation in an increasingly complex world.

Author : Olivia Saracho,Bernard Spodek
Publisher : IAP
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2003-02-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781607525271

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Contemporary Perspectives on Play in Early Childhood Education by Olivia Saracho,Bernard Spodek Pdf

Author : Surabhi Naik
Publisher : Booksclinic Publishing
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-16
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9789391389260

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Flying Contrails by Surabhi Naik Pdf