This book explores a central methodological issue at the heart of studies of the histories of children and childhood. It questions how we understand the perspectives of children in the past, and not just those of the adults who often defined and constrained the parameters of you…
This text explores a central methodological issue at the heart of studies of the histories of children and childhood. It questions how we understand the perspectives of children in the past, and not just those of the adults who often defined and constrained the parameters of you…
This book explores a central methodological issue at the heart of studies of the histories of children and childhood. It questions how we understand the perspectives of children in the past, and not just those of the adults who often defined and constrained the parameters of you…
Part I: Introducing the Child and Feminist Perspectives. Chapter 1: Who/What Is a Child?-- Chapter 2: Why Feminist Reflections on Childhood? -- Part II: On Voice and Silence. Interlude: The Stories -- Chapter 3: The Everyday Silencing of Children and the Feminist Politics of Voi…
Part I: Introducing the Child and Feminist Perspectives. Chapter 1: Who/What Is a Child?-- Chapter 2: Why Feminist Reflections on Childhood? -- Part II: On Voice and Silence. Interlude: The Stories -- Chapter 3: The Everyday Silencing of Children and the Feminist Politics of Voi…
"In Feminist Reflections on Childhood, Penny Weiss rediscovers the radically feminist tradition of advocating for the liberatory treatment of youth. Weiss looks at both historical and contemporary feminists to understand what issues surrounding the inequality experienced by both…
"In Feminist Reflections on Childhood, Penny Weiss rediscovers the radically feminist tradition of advocating for the liberatory treatment of youth. Weiss looks at both historical and contemporary feminists to understand what issues surrounding the inequality experienced by both…
Colin Heywood's rich account of childhood from the early Middle Ages to the First World War provides a concise and readable synthesis of the extensive literature on childhood. He gives a long-run historical perspective on the key dimensions to childhood, including ideas on the n…