Beskrivning
Beskrivning
This book investigates howconstructed representations of the child have and continue to restrictchildren’s opportunities to engage in moral discourses, and the implicationsthis has on children’s everyday experiences. By considering a moral dimensionto both structure and agency, the author focuses on the nature of the imagesthat are used to represent the child and how these sit in contrast to theactive and meaning-driven way in which children negotiate their everydaylives.
The book therefore arguesthat ‘morality’ provides a filter to understand the backdrop for interaction,as well as offering a focus for engaging with the individual as a socialagent, acting and reacting in the world around them.
Negotiating Childhoods will be of interest to students andscholars of sociology, childhood studies, criminology, social work, cultureand media studies and philosophy.
