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OverviewWilliam A. Corsaro′s groundbreaking work, The Sociology of Childhood, Fifth Edition discusses children and childhood from a sociological perspective - providing in-depth coverage of social theories of childhood, the peer cultures and social issues of children and youth, and children and childhood within the frameworks of culture and history. Full Product DetailsAuthor: William A. Corsaro, PhDPublisher: SAGE Publications Inc Imprint: SAGE Publications (USA) Edition: 5th Revised edition Weight: 0.652kg ISBN: 9781506339900ISBN 10: 1506339905 Pages: 504 Publication Date: 14 October 2017 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsPreface About the Author PART ONE: THE SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY OF CHILDHOOD 1. Social Theories of Childhood Sociology’s Rediscovery of Childhood Traditional Theories: Socialization Interpretive Reproduction: Children Collectively Participate in Society Language and Cultural Routines From Individual Progression to Collective Reproductions Summary 2. The Structure of Childhood and Children’s Interpretive Reproductions Assumptions of the Structural Perspective Childhood, Children’s Activities, and Interpretive Reproduction in Peer Culture Summary 3. Studying Children and Childhood Macrolevel Methods Microlevel Methods Nontraditional Methods in Studying Children Ethical Issues in Researching Children’s Lives Summary PART II. CHILDREN, CHILDHOOD AND FAMILIES IN HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT 4. Historical Views of Childhood and Children Philippe Ariès’s Centuries of Childhood The Debate Regarding Grand-Stage Theories of the Family and Childhood The New History of Childhood Summary 5. Social Change, Families and Children Examining Changes in Families From the Children’s Perspective Children’s Everyday Lives in Families The Effects of Recent Socioeconomic Changes on Families, Children, and Childhood in Western Societies The Effects of Recent Socioeconomic Changes on Children and Childhood in Developing Societies Summary PART III. CHILDREN′S CULTURES 6. Children’s Peer Cultures and Interpretive Reproduction Examining Peer Culture from Children’s Perspective Central Importance of Peer Culture in Interpretive Reproduction Symbolic Aspects of Children′s Cultures Material Aspects of Children’s Cultures Children, Parents, and Consumer Culture Summary 7. Sharing and Control in Initial Peer Cultures Central Themes in Children’s Initial Peer Cultures Friendship, Sharing, and Social Participation Autonomy and Control in Peer Culture Summary 8. Conflict and Differentiation in the Initial Peer Culture Conflict and Peer Relations Social Differentiation in Initial Peer Cultures Summary 9. Pre-Adolescent Peer Cultures Peer Cultures in Preadolescence Friendship Processes in Preadolescent Peer Cultures Autonomy and Identity in Preadolescent Peer Cultures Disputes, Conflict, Friendships, and Gender Generation M: Electronic Media in the Lives of Preadolescents and Adolescents Effects and Process of Media Use in the Lives of Preadolescents and Adolescents Summary PART IV. CHILDREN, SOCIAL PROBLEMS, AND THE FUTURE OF CHILDHOOD 10. Children, Social Problems, and the Family Changing Family Structures and Children′s Lives Work, Families, and Childhood Divorce and Its Effects on Children Child Abuse in the Family Summary 11. Children, Social Problems and Society Poverty and the Quality of Children’s Lives Teen Pregnancy and Nonmarital Births Violence, Victimization, and the Loss of Childhood The Profound and Inspiring Resilience of Children and Youth in Highly Challenging Life Circumstances Summary 12. The Future of Childhood The Major Challenges Some More Modest Proposals to Enrich Children’s Lives Conclusion Glossary References IndexReviews"""I like the fact that this text makes an in-depth examination of the socially-constructed nature of childhood, and illustrates how this phase of the life course has been defined differently in different time periods, which has impacted the expectations for, responsibilities of, communications with, and valuing of children during different time periods."" -- Jan Buhrman" I like the fact that this text makes an in-depth examination of the socially-constructed nature of childhood, and illustrates how this phase of the life course has been defined differently in different time periods, which has impacted the expectations for, responsibilities of, communications with, and valuing of children during different time periods. -- Jan Buhrman Un manuel de qualitE pour des lecteurs francophones peu habituEs A cheminer dans les travaux en langue anglaise.--Baptiste Besse-Patin Author InformationWilliam A. Corsaro was Robert H. Shaffer Class of 1967 Endowed Chair and is now Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology at Indiana University, Bloomington where he won the President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching in 1988. He was the first recipient of the Distinguished Career Award for the Section on Children and Youth of the American Sociological Association in 2013. He taught courses on the sociology of childhood, childhood in contemporary society, and ethnographic research methods. His primary research interests are the sociology of childhood, children’s peer cultures, the sociology of education, and ethnographic research methods. Corsaro is the author of Friendship and Peer Culture in the Early Years (1985), author of “We’re Friends, Right: Inside Kids’ Culture (2003), and coauthor with Luisa Molinari of I Compagni: Understanding Children’s Transition from Preschool to Elementary School (2005). He is the coeditor with Jens Qvortrup and Michael-Sebastian Honig of The Palgrave Handbook of Childhood Studies (2009). Corsaro was a Fulbright Senior Research Fellow in Bologna, Italy, in 1983-1984 and a Fulbright Senior Specialist Fellow in Trondheim, Norway, in 2003. He received an honorary doctorate from Uppsala University, Sweden in 2016. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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