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Arts Undergraduate Handbook 1996
Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
SCY2251/3251
Sociology of childhood
N White
8 points + 3 hours per week + Second semester + Caulfield + Prerequisites:
First-year SCY sequence or equivalent
Synopsis 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
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