Authors:Elizabeth Goodenough, Andrea Immel,
Publisher: Wayne State Univ Pr
Keywords: childhood, landscapes, war, shadow, fire
Number of Pages: 289
Published: 2008-05-18
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 0814334040
ISBN-13: 9780814334041

Under Fire is an eclectic, multidisciplinary collection that explores the representation of war and its aftereffects in children s books and documentary film. This richly illustrated volume brings together internationally known contributors to examine the ongoing influence of violence and war on children’s literature by studying the childhood experiences of authors writing for children, the children represented in war stories, and the experiences of children who make up the stories readership. Under Fire opens timely avenues in literary studies and encourages those who work with young re

Author: Sharna Olfman
Publisher: Praeger
Keywords: childhood, kids, america, failing, culture, lost, american
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2005-03-30
List price: $41.95
ISBN-10: 0275981398
ISBN-13: 9780275981396

Experts from across disciplines join forces here to focus attention on current American culture and the devastating effects it is having on its children. From children developing surprising physical maturity and sexual awareness at younger and younger ages, to those estranged when television and computer screens replace family time, and those warped by national junk food/fast food habits bringing an explosion of obesity and diabetes among boys and girls, this book takes a harsh look at the results of American social norms. The damage being done by governmental policies is examined, including i

Author: Laura Schlessinger
Publisher: HarperCollins
Keywords: childhood, unhappy, spite, blossom, life, thrive
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2006-01-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 006057786X
ISBN-13: 9780060577865

In this important book, Dr. Laura Schlessinger shows men and women that they can have a Good Life no matter how Bad their Childhood. For each of us, there is a connection between our early family dynamics and experiences and our current attitudes and decisions. Many of the people Dr. Laura has helped did not realize how their histories impacted their adult lives, or how their choices in people, repetitive situations, and decisions -- even their emotional reactions -- were connected to those early negative experiences, playing a major role in their current unhappiness. For these people and mill

Authors:Peter B. Pufall, Richard P. Unsworth,
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Keywords: childhood, studies, series, rutgers, rethinking
Number of Pages: 312
Published: 2003-11-21
List price: $25.95
ISBN-10: 0813533651
ISBN-13: 9780813533650

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 we look for the strengths within children that can serve as the foundation for growth and development. In Rethinking Childhood, twenty contributors, coming from the disciplines of anthropology, government, law, psychology, education, religion, philosophy, and sociology, provide a multidisciplinar

Author: Sharna Olfman
Publisher: Praeger
Keywords: childhood, america, sexualization
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2008-11-30
List price: $44.95
ISBN-10: 0275999858
ISBN-13: 9780275999858

Only a generation or two ago, childhood in the United States was understood to be a unique and vulnerable stage of development; a time for play and protection from adult preoccupations and responsibilities. In recent decades however, we appear to have jettisoned these norms, and the lines that separate the lifestyles of even very young children from adults are blurring. As widely known experts on the team that created this book explain, children begin formal education now in preschool, dress like adults, listen to the same music, play the same video games, explore the same Internet sites, and

Author: Kate Douglas
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Keywords: childhood, series, studies, rutgers, trauma, autobiography, contesting, memory
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2010-01-21
List price: $23.95
ISBN-10: 0813546648
ISBN-13: 9780813546643

Drawing on trauma and memory studies and theories of authorship and readership, Contesting Childhood offers commentary on the triumphs, trials, and tribulations that have shaped this genre. Douglas examines the content of the narratives and the limits of their representations, as well as some of the ways in which autobiographies of youth have become politically important and influential. This study enables readers to discover how stories configure childhood within cultural memory and the public sphere.

Authors:Allison James, Alan Prout,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: childhood, sociological, study, issues, contemporary, reconstructing, constructing
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 1997-05-01
List price: $57.50
ISBN-10: 0750705965
ISBN-13: 9780750705967

First published in 1990, this is a second, revised and wholly updated edition of James and Prout’s acclaimed seminal work on the study of childhood. The book contains a collection of articles which draw on a variety of disciplines (history, psychology, sociology, anthropology, and feminist and developmental studies) to show how childhood is constructed in society. Scholars and professionals from developed and developing countries worldwide share their knowledge of having worked with children. They provide insights which, at the time of the first edition, were evidence of a far greater ne