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OverviewThis book provides a critical examination of the discourses that underpin the regulation of children's access to certain knowledge -- understood as 'difficult knowledge' -- and highlights the way this regulation contributes to the construction of childhood, to children's vulnerability, to broader social relationships (including adult-child relations of power), and to the constitution of the 'good' future citizen in developed countries. Through this analysis, the author critically engages with the relationships between childhood, innocence, moral panic, censorship and notions of citizenship. She argues that the regulation of children's access to particular knowledge largely stems from the social construction of childhood innocence and the socio-cultural-political values that constitute and define childhood. This book explores how and why the strict regulation of children's knowledge, often in the name of protection or in the child's best interest, can ironically, increase children's prejudice around difference, increase their vulnerability to exploitation and abuse, impact on their health and well being, and undermine their competence as children, as well as their abilities to become competent adolescents and adults. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kerry H. Robinson (University of Western Sydney, Australia.)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.272kg ISBN: 9780415607636ISBN 10: 0415607639 Pages: 184 Publication Date: 16 November 2012 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. The Contradictory Nature of Children’s Contemporary Lives 2. Difficult Knowledge and Subjugated Knowledge: Adult/Child Relations and the Regulation of Citizenship 3. Childhood Innocence, Moral Panic and Censorship: Constructing the Vulnerable Child 4. Schooling the Vulnerable Child: Power/Knowledge and the Regulation of the Adult Normative Citizen-Subject 5. Children’s Sexual Subjectivities 6. Parents, Children’s Sexual Subjectivity and the Transmission of Sexual Knowledge Across Generations 7. Critical Conversations – Building a Culture of Sexual Ethics Early in LifeReviews... an important book with a compelling message. It provides an enlightening view of children's perspectives of their sexuality and the influences on its development. It should give pause to educators, politicians, parents, and society-at-large who attempt to govern and regulate subjects without adequate input from, or understanding of, the subjects' perspectives and the effects of their environments. K. Keefe Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA An important book with a compelling message. It provides an enlightening view of children's perspectives of their sexuality and the influences on its development. It should give pause to educators, politicians, parents, and society-at-large who attempt to govern and regulate subjects without adequate input from, or understanding of, the subjects' perspectives and the effects of their environments. - K. Keefe, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA The book is heavily grounded in sociological and psychological theory, empirical research in the social sciences, and Robinson's own professional and personal experiences. [...] An increase in availability of research and literature like Robinson's will lead to more discussion in the public sphere and hopefully, eventually, result in changes in the way childhood is viewed and regulated. - Jessica R. Peterson, Journal of Youth Adolescence An important book with a compelling message. It provides an enlightening view of children's perspectives of their sexuality and the influences on its development. It should give pause to educators, politicians, parents, and society-at-large who attempt to govern and regulate subjects without adequate input from, or understanding of, the subjects' perspectives and the effects of their environments. - K. Keefe, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA The book is heavily grounded in sociological and psychological theory, empirical research in the social sciences, and Robinson's own professional and personal experiences. [...] An increase in availability of research and literature like Robinson's will lead to more discussion in the public sphere and hopefully, eventually, result in changes in the way childhood is viewed and regulated. - Jessica R. Peterson, Journal of Youth Adolescence Author InformationKerry H. Robinson is an Associate Professor in the School of Education and a member of the Centre for Educational Research at the University of Western Sydney, Australia. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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