Childhood and Society Contributor(s): Lee, Nick (Author), Lee Nick (Author) |
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ISBN: 0335206085 ISBN-13: 9780335206087 Publisher: Open University Press OUR PRICE: $34.43 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2001 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Children's Studies - Social Science | Sociology - General - Social Science | Methodology |
Dewey: 305.23 |
LCCN: 2001021071 |
Series: Mapping Social Psychology Series |
Physical Information: 0.52" H x 6.08" W x 9.02" (0.63 lbs) 176 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Traditionally, children and adults have been treated as different kinds of person, with adults seen as complete, stable and self-controlling, and children seen as incomplete, changeable and in need of control. This work argues that in the early 21st century, growing up can no longer be understood as a movement toward personal completion and stability. Careers, intimate relationships, even identities, are increasingly provisional, bringing into question the division between the mature and the immature and thereby differences between adults and children. |