Rethinking Childhood / / ed. by Peter B. Pufall, Richard P. Unsworth.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Aird, Enola G.,; Aird, Enola,; Allen, Brenda A.,; Allen, Brenda,; Bennett Woodhouse, Barbara,; Boykin, A. Wade,; Cassell, Justine,; Ducharme, Raymond A.,; Ducharme, Raymond,; Emery, Robert E.,; Emery, Robert,; Etheredge, Susan,; Gray, Karen A.,; Gray, Karen,; Hearst, Alice,; James, Allison,; Korbin, Jill E.,; Korbin, Jill,; Lindner, Eileen W.,; Lindner, Eileen,; Matthews, Gareth B.,; Matthews, Gary,; Meacham, Jack A.,; Meacham, Jack,; Pryor, Jan,; Pufall, Peter B.,; Singer, Rhonda,; Spilsbury, James C.,; Spilsbury, James,; Unsworth, Richard P.,; Woodhouse, Barbara Bennett,
• HerausgeberIn: Pufall, Peter B.,; Unsworth, Richard P.,
• Place / Publishing House: New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2003]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Language: English
• Series: Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (312 p.)

Being a child in American society can be problematic. Twenty percent of American children live in poverty, parents are divorcing at high rates, and educational institutions are not always fulfilling their goals. Against this backdrop, children are often patronized or idealized by adults. Rarely do w...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction. The Imperative and the Process for Rethinking Childhood
• Part I. Children’s Voice and Agency
• Chapter 1. Understanding Childhood from an Interdisciplinary Perspective
• Chapter 2. Children as Philosophers
• Chapter 3. Children as Theologians
• Chapter 4. Action, Voice, and Identity in Children’s Lives
• Part II. Voice and Agency in Education
• Chapter 5. “Do You Know You Have Worms on Your Pearls?”
• Chapter 6. Cultural Integrity and Schooling Outcomes of African American Children from Low-Income Backgrounds
• Chapter 7. “We Have These Rules Inside”
• Part III. Voice and Agency within Families
• Chapter 8. Advertising and Marketing to Children in the United States
• Chapter 9. Children’s Lives in and out of Poverty
• Chapter 10. Children of Divorce
• Part IV. Voice and Agency in Neighborhoods and Sports
• Chapter 11. Negotiating the Dance
• Chapter 12. Are We Having Fun Yet?
• Part V. Voice and Agency as Legal Rights
• Chapter 13. Re-Visioning Rights for Children
• Chapter 14. Recognizing the Roots
• Resources for Further Research
• Contributors
• Index