Sociology of childhood
N White
8 points * 3 hours per week * First semester * Caulfield * Prerequisites: First-year SCY sequence or equivalent
Childhood as a social construction; the history of definitions of childhood; theoretical perspectives on childhood; childbearing as a social imperative; the rights of children; the culture of childhood; children and the state; children, parents and divorce.
Assessment
Project (2500 words): 35% * Book review (1000 words): 20% * Essay (2500 words): 35% * Seminar summary and presentation (500 words): 10%
Recommended texts
Franklin B (ed.) The rights of children Basil Blackwell, 1986
James A and Prout A (eds) Constructing and reconstructing childhood: Contemporary issues in the sociological study of childhood Falmer, 1990