A British Childhood? Some Historical Reflections on Continuities and Discontinuities in the Culture of Anglophone Childhood

• Auteur principal: Jarvis, Pam (auth)
• Format: Électronique Chapitre de livre
• Langue: anglais
• Publié: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Sujets: Psychology; play; institutionalisation; social reproduction; media; human evolution; children; purposes of nursery schooling; early-years education history; school readiness; poverty; early childhood education; abandonment; colonialism; racism; schooling for parental responsibility; childhood; early-years education; apartheid; foundling hospital; Africa; narrative; under-fives in elementary schools; urban Lancashire demographic sample 1901; storying; mythology; open-air nursery; maternal duties; Susan Isaacs
• Accès en ligne: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Résumé

This book considers how adults attempt to socialise young children into the adults it aspires to produce, from a number of diverse perspectives. The evolution of storytelling and its impact upon child development is initially explored, followed by the consideration of how social class, ethnicity, culture, and colonialism impact upon the ways that societies 'school' children about what to expect from adulthood. Different perspectives of early years education and growing up within a British/British colonial perspective are discussed and analysed. There is a focus throughout upon the way that children are constructed by the society in question, particularly those who are considered to be of lower status in terms of being poor, orphaned, or from ethnic groups against which the dominant culture discriminates. Topics covered by the chapters include topics covered by this Special Issue: current and historical constructions of childhood; the development of linguistic and 'storying' skills in childhood; childhood play and recreation; childhood and 'folk' narratives; philosophies of childhood; childhood and industrialisation; childhood and post-industrialisation; childhood education; childhood health; and cultures of childcare.

Description matérielle

1 electronic resource (92 p.)

ISBN

books978-3-03921-935-3
9783039219353
9783039219346

Accès

Open Access