Childhoods In India

Author : T. S. Saraswathi,Shailaja Menon,Ankur Madan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351579988

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Childhoods in India by T. S. Saraswathi,Shailaja Menon,Ankur Madan Pdf

This book highlights the significance of an interdisciplinary approach to understanding children and childhoods in the Indian context. While it is recognised that multiple kinds of childhoods exist in India, policy and practice approaches to working with children are still based on a singular model of the ideal child rooted in certain Western traditions. The book challenges readers to go beyond the acknowledgement of differences to evolving alternate models to this conception of children and childhoods. Bringing together well-known scholars from history, politics, sociology, child development, paediatrics and education, the volume represents four major themes: the history and politics of childhoods; deconstructing childhoods by analysing their representations in art, mythology and culture in India; selected facets of childhoods as constructed through education and schooling; and understanding issues related to law, policy and practice, as they pertain to children and childhoods. This important book will be useful to scholars and researchers of education, especially those working in the domains of child development, sociology of education, educational psychology, public policy and South Asian studies.

Author : Ravneet Kaur
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000460933

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Constructions of Childhood in India by Ravneet Kaur Pdf

This book explores the dominant constructions of childhood as perceived by children and adults in contemporary Indian society. It unveils the everyday lived experiences of children within family life to explain the meaning of childhood and the position of children as social groups. Based on detailed qualitative study, this volume discusses the themes and issues that impact dominant constructions of childhood. It establishes childhood as a structurally constructed category and sheds light on how key social differences influence the diverse experiences of childhood. The book critically examines how children, as social actors, contribute to the structural space of childhood through the recognition of their own experiences, voices, and ways of interpretations. Further, it also compares and analyses childhoods of today with those of the past generations. Engagingly written and nuanced, the book will be of great interest to teachers and students of education, childhood studies, elementary education, sociology of education and social psychology. It will also be useful for teachers of teacher training institutions, policymakers, educationalists, education professionals, parents and researchers working with children and childhood studies.

Author : Shakuntala Banaji
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317399438

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Children and Media in India by Shakuntala Banaji Pdf

Is the bicycle, like the loudspeaker, a medium of communication in India? Do Indian children need trade unions as much as they need schools? What would you do with a mobile phone if all your friends were playing tag in the rain or watching Indian Idol? Children and Media in India illuminates the experiences, practices and contexts in which children and young people in diverse locations across India encounter, make, or make meaning from media in the course of their everyday lives. From textbooks, television, film and comics to mobile phones and digital games, this book examines the media available to different socioeconomic groups of children in India and their articulation with everyday cultures and routines. An authoritative overview of theories and discussions about childhood, agency, social class, caste and gender in India is followed by an analysis of films and television representations of childhood informed by qualitative interview data collected between 2005 and 2015 in urban, small-town and rural contexts with children aged nine to 17. The analysis uncovers and challenges widely held assumptions about the relationships among factors including sociocultural location, media content and technologies, and children’s labour and agency. The analysis casts doubt on undifferentiated claims about how new technologies ‘affect’, ‘endanger’ and/or ‘empower’, pointing instead to the importance of social class – and caste – in mediating relationships among children, young people and the poor. The analysis of children’s narratives of daily work, education, caring and leisure supports the conclusion that, although unrecognised and underrepresented, subaltern children’s agency and resourceful conservation makes a significant contribution to economic, interpretive and social reproduction in India.

Author : Zazie Bowen,Jessica Hinchy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000740417

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Children and Knowledge by Zazie Bowen,Jessica Hinchy Pdf

Children and Knowledge sheds light on what it is to be a child in India in the contemporary moment and in history. While acknowledging the ways Indian children are situated within structures of power, this volume foregrounds innovative methodologies for conducting research into childhood and children’s lives that meaningfully engage with young people’s understandings, stories and agency. The chapters probe conceptualisations of Indian childhoods, and interrogate both singularising models of childhood and the idea of ‘multiple childhoods’. The contributors use the theme 'children and knowledge' to analyse young people’s interactions with institutions of modernity and social structures – including gender, family, class, community and caste, as well as media, markets and development – that often marginalise and frame children in multiple, cumulative ways. The chapters juxtapose and triangulate three approaches to knowledge: knowledge about children; knowledge for children; and children’s own knowledge. Taken together, the chapters demonstrate how this juxtaposition is a useful framework for the analysis of historical and contemporary Indian social processes. Demonstrating that understanding Indian children’s experiences and knowledgeable perspectives is fundamental to any proper understanding of social complexity and change Children and Knowledge will be of great interest to scholars of childhoods studies, gender, education and South Asian studies. The book was originally published as a special issue of South Asian History and Culture.

Author : S. Balagopalan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137316790

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Inhabiting 'Childhood': Children, Labour and Schooling in Postcolonial India by S. Balagopalan Pdf

Through a rich ethnography of street and working children in Calcutta, India, this book offers the first sustained enquiry into postcolonial childhoods, arguing that the lingering effects of colonialism are central to comprehending why these children struggle to inhabit the transition from labour to schooling.

Author : Ruskin Bond
Publisher : Rupa Publications
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8129147963

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Children of India by Ruskin Bond Pdf

'They pass me everyday, on their way to school-boys and girls from the surrounding villages and the outskirts of the hill station. For many of them, it's a very long walk to school.' Adventurous children, mischievous children, responsible children-there are children of every kind in this collection of stories about the children of India. Ruskin Bond, one of India's favourite children's writers, has created memorable child protagonists in his short stories, novellas and novels. From Bina and Rusty to the Four Feathers, these characters have delighted readers for years. In this collection, Ruskin Bond brings together some of these unforgettable children and brings alive, once more, the happiness, wonder, heartache and freedom of childhood.

Author : Kapil Dev,Dipendra Nath Das,Sangeetha Esther
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000264487

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Lost Childhood by Kapil Dev,Dipendra Nath Das,Sangeetha Esther Pdf

Lost Childhood explores the everyday lives of street children in India. It presents insights on their life on the streets to provide a comprehensive understanding of why they are driven to extreme means of livelihoods. This volume, · Inquiries into the histories of street children, and discusses their socio-economic and socio-demographic characteristics to provide a sense of their living conditions; · Sheds light on the social injustice experienced by these children, their health and hygiene, and also looks at the insecurities faced by the children in their interactions with the society; · Uses detailed field research data to highlight issues that affect the lives of street children such as education, gender discrimination, and their social networks; · Suggests a way forward that would not only benefit street children but will also be of use to the community in understanding their lives, problems, and help explore this issue in further detail. The book will be useful to scholars and researchers of human geography, development studies, child development, urban poverty, and social justice. It will also be of interest to policymakers, social workers, and field workers who work with street children.

Author : T. S. Saraswathi,Shailaja Menon,Ankur Madan
Publisher : Routledge India
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-14
Category : Child development
ISBN : 1138221716

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Childhoods in India by T. S. Saraswathi,Shailaja Menon,Ankur Madan Pdf

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I History and politics of childhood -- 1 Colonial modernity and the 'child figure': reconfiguring the multiplicity in 'multiple childhoods' -- 2 Did girls have a childhood in the past? Mythologies, ideologies, histories -- 3 India's children and the brave new world -- Part II Sociocultural perspectives -- 4 Childhood, culture and the social sciences: what we have gained and what we may be in the process of losing -- 5 Parent-child relations: changing contours and emerging trends -- 6 Bala Krishna: a paradigm of childhood relevant to the present time -- 7 Baccha log, taali bajao: orphans in cinematic imagination -- 8 Representing marginalised childhoods in contemporary graphic novels and picture books in India -- Part III Education and schooling -- 9 Construction of children in Indian educational curricular and policy documents (1964-2005): implications for education -- 10 Education and gender: a critical analysis of policies in India -- 11 Childhood as 'risky' and life as 'skills': social implications of psycho-educational programmes -- 12 Cultures of fear: children in school -- Part IV Law, practice and policy -- 13 Right to childhood and equitable access to justice -- 14 The journey of paediatrics from Vedic to neoteric -- 15 Food and nutrition in childhood: ensuring dietary adequacy, diversity and choice -- 16 Social policy and research interface: challenges and prospects -- Epilogue - Child rights: a dialogue -- Glossary -- Author Index -- Subject Index

Author : Mobile Creches
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000054934

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State of the Young Child in India by Mobile Creches Pdf

This Report is one of the first comprehensive studies on young children in India. It focuses on children under 6 years of age and presents key aspects of their well-being and development. With the highest number of neonatal, infant and under-5 deaths in the world, there is an urgent need to address issues that continue to affect the young child in India. This volume: Introduces two young child indices aggregating selected indicators to separately track child outcomes and child circumstances. Provides an account of the current situation of the young child in terms of physical and cognitive development, access to care, disadvantaged children and major issues that have led to the continued neglect of this age group. Explores the policy and legal framework, fiscal space and the role and obligations of key stakeholders, including the state, private sector, civil society, media and the family. Highlights key recommendations and action points that can help to improve the ecosystem for early childhood care and development. Drawing on specially commissioned technical background papers, supplemented by extensive field experience of Mobile Creches in childcare, this Report will be of interest to practitioners, policymakers and influencers, think tanks and researchers of public policy, development studies, human rights, sociology and social anthropology, as well as general readers. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.tandfebooks.com/doi/view/10.4324/9781003026488, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license. .

Author : Usha Mudiganti
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-27
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781000541038

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Toying with Childhood by Usha Mudiganti Pdf

This book studies the dialectic relationship between the image of the child and the toy in literary depictions of childhood in 19th- and 20th- century Anglo-American fiction. Drawing from the psychoanalytic theories of Sigmund Freud, Anna Freud, D.W. Winnicott, and Sudhir Kakar, it analyses themes such as the heterogeneity of childhood and the construction of the ideals of childhood. It explores the linkages between the ideals of childhood in Britain and its travel to America and further dissemination in British India. It discusses the established tropes of childhood such as innocence, a formative period, the centrality of play, and the presence of a toy to argue that the mores of childhood are culturally constructed and lead to the reification of a child into an image of perfection. The author problematises the notion of essential innocence and discusses the repercussions of such stereotypes about childhood. The work also highlights parallels between the ideals of childhood established in 19th-century Britain and the portrayals of postcolonial Indian childhoods in 20th-century Indian English literature. Toying with Childhood will be useful for students and researchers of education, childhood studies, psychology, sociology, literature, gender studies, and development studies. It will also appeal to general readers interested in cultural perceptions of childhood, literary depictions of children, and the works of Sigmund Freud.

Author : Sibnath Deb,Aleena Maria Sunny,Bishakha Majumdar
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811513183

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Disadvantaged Children in India by Sibnath Deb,Aleena Maria Sunny,Bishakha Majumdar Pdf

This book addresses issues concerning five major categories of disadvantaged children, namely street children, children involved in trafficking, child labor, slum children, and children in institutional care, which apply to a large number of children around the world, including India. Compiling primary and secondary research-based evidences in addition to the first-hand experiences of the authors, it describes the link between social dynamics and the plight of disadvantaged children from both social and cultural perspectives. Each chapter includes examples and case studies to offer readers essential insights into the real-life situations of these children. At the end of each chapter, a number of evidence-based measures and models are proposed for agencies working to support disadvantaged children. Given its comprehensive coverage, the book is of interest to scholars, and government and non-government agencies involved in the welfare of disadvantaged children, funding agencies, and social science, medical and public health professionals.

Author : Geeta Chopra
Publisher : Springer
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9788132224464

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Child Rights in India by Geeta Chopra Pdf

The book is a comprehensive compendium on child rights in India from a child development perspective. It discusses the challenges that Indian children face for survival, development and education, especially if they are marginalized through disability, lack of care, and poverty. The major issues expounded by the author in relation to rights are infant and child survival, early child development, street and working children, children in conflict with law, children with disabilities, child trafficking and child sexual abuse. The author goes further to delve into the causes, among which are high population, poverty, migration, illiteracy, poor legislation and deep-rooted social norms and behaviour. The book presents the existing policy and legal framework in India for each of these issues. The broad purpose of the book is to comprehensively discuss the roadblocks that the marginalized child in India faces, to understand the causes of these roadblocks and to evaluate government and civil society action for children in India.

Author : Venita Kaul,Suman Bhattacharjea
Publisher : Springer
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789811370069

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Early Childhood Education and School Readiness in India by Venita Kaul,Suman Bhattacharjea Pdf

This volume makes a comprehensive assessment of the status and quality of early educational experiences at preschool and early primary grades in India. It raises a serious concern that despite high enrolment in preschools, children’s school readiness levels remain low at ages five and six, and raises a vital question---are Indian children getting a sound foundation for school and for later life? It addresses three important issues from the Indian perspective: children's school readiness at age five; families' readiness for school; and, most importantly, the readiness of schools for children. India is one of many countries across the global South facing an early learning crisis. High quality early childhood education may be key to improving these outcomes for children, yet little is known about early childhood education programs in India and their impact on children’s school readiness. This volume is based on a longitudinal, mixed methods research study which is perhaps the first of its kind in India. The study covers public provisions along with steadily expanding private pre-schools and schools in rural India and provides interesting narratives and insights into the multiple pathways children are adopting in these critical early years, particularly in the context of the expanding role of the private sector. Written in a lucid and narrative style, this volume is of interest to a diverse readership of researchers, educationists and early childhood education policy makers and practitioners in terms of both its design and findings.

Author : Loveleen Kacker
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789350297049

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Childhood Betrayed by Loveleen Kacker Pdf

No social problem is as universal as the oppression of the child. No slave was ever so much the property of his master as the child is of his parent. Never were the rights of man ever so disregarded as in the case of the child. - Maria MontessoriIn India, where even stones and trees are worshipped, children are routinely beaten, neglected and abused. The daily news is rife with stories of abuse and neglect, often perpetrated in the name of discipline or protection. The Nithari case, female foeticide, instances of child marriage and the sexual abuse of minors - the statistics are frightening. Lakhs of children are robbed of childhood, and India is doing little to remedy that. While the government now acknowledges education and nutrition as the essential entitlements of children, there has been little legislation or initiative to safeguard their most fundamental rights. Child protection is still nowhere on the nation's radar.Loveleen Kacker distilled several years of research to write this cogent and powerful volume on why child abuse and neglect happens and how it affects children in India. She examines physical, emotional and sexual abuse, as well as neglect and maltreatment, especially of the girl child. Bringing real-life instances and case studies together with Kacker's own work on the rights of children, this is a guide for parents, policy makers, schoolteachers, paediatricians, childcare specialists - indeed, anyone with a stake in the welfare of minors. A timely and much-needed addition to the literature on child rights, Childhood Betrayed is also a call for change - nay a call to arms.

Author : Sudhir Kakar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Children
ISBN : LCCN:80900991

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Indian Childhood by Sudhir Kakar Pdf