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Shaping Sexual Knowledge

A Cultural History of Sex Education in Twentieth Century Europe

Edited by Lutz Sauerteig, Roger Davidson ...

Series series Routledge Studies in the Social History of Medicine
The history of sex education enables us to gain valuable insights into the cultural constructions of what different societies have defined as 'normal' sexuality and sexual health. Yet, the history of sex education has only recently attracted the full attention of historians of modern sexuality.Shaping Sexual Knowledge: A Cultural History of Sex Education in Twentieth Century Europe makes a ... Read more

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The history of sex education enables us to gain valuable insights into the cultural constructions of what different societies have defined as 'normal' sexuality and sexual health. Yet, the history of sex education has only recently attracted the full attention of historians of modern sexuality.Shaping Sexual Knowledge: A Cultural History of Sex Education in Twentieth Century Europe makes a
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One and Only

The Freedom of Having an Only Child, and the Joy of Being One

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**“A swift and absorbing read…may change your mind and the national conversation.” —Psychology TodayA funny, tough-minded case for being and having an only child, debunking the myths about only children and taking glory in the pleasures of singletons.**Journalist Lauren Sandler is an only child and the mother of one. After investigating what only children are really like and whether stopping at ... Read more

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**“A swift and absorbing read…may change your mind and the national conversation.” —Psychology TodayA funny, tough-minded case for being and having an only child, debunking the myths about only children and taking glory in the pleasures of singletons.**Journalist Lauren Sandler is an only child and the mother of one. After investigating what only children are really like and whether stopping at
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The Importance of Being Innocent

Why We Worry About Children

by Joanne Faulkner ...

The Importance of Being Innocent addresses the current debate in Australia and internationally regarding the sexualisation of children, predation on them by pedophiles and the risks apparently posed to their 'innate innocence' by perceived problems and threats in contemporary society. Joanne Faulkner argues that, contrary to popular opinion, social issues have been sensationally expounded in moral ... Read more

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The Importance of Being Innocent addresses the current debate in Australia and internationally regarding the sexualisation of children, predation on them by pedophiles and the risks apparently posed to their 'innate innocence' by perceived problems and threats in contemporary society. Joanne Faulkner argues that, contrary to popular opinion, social issues have been sensationally expounded in moral
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American Child Bride

A History of Minors and Marriage in the United States

by Nicholas L. Syrett ...

Most in the United States likely associate the concept of the child bride with the mores and practices of the distant past. But Nicholas L. Syrett challenges this assumption in his sweeping and sometimes shocking history of youthful marriage in America. Focusing on young women and girls — the most common underage spouses — Syrett tracks the marital history of American minors from the colonial ... Read more

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Most in the United States likely associate the concept of the child bride with the mores and practices of the distant past. But Nicholas L. Syrett challenges this assumption in his sweeping and sometimes shocking history of youthful marriage in America. Focusing on young women and girls — the most common underage spouses — Syrett tracks the marital history of American minors from the colonial
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Childhood and Disability in the Nordic Countries

Being, Becoming, Belonging

Edited by R. Traustadóttir, B. Ytterhus, S. Egilson, B. Berg ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
This collection provides a comprehensive insight into disabled children and youth in Nordic countries. It seeks to understand the experiences of children from their own perspectives and takes a multidisciplinary approach grounded in the new social studies of childhood and the Nordic relational approach to disability. ... Read more

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This collection provides a comprehensive insight into disabled children and youth in Nordic countries. It seeks to understand the experiences of children from their own perspectives and takes a multidisciplinary approach grounded in the new social studies of childhood and the Nordic relational approach to disability.
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Adoption

A Brief Social and Cultural History

by P. Conn ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
Combining advocacy and memoir with social and cultural history, this book offers a comparative, cross-cultural survey of the whole history of adoption that is grounded in the author's personal experience. ... Read more

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Combining advocacy and memoir with social and cultural history, this book offers a comparative, cross-cultural survey of the whole history of adoption that is grounded in the author's personal experience.
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Children, Film and Literacy

by Becky Parry ...

Series series Education (R0)
Children, Film and Literacy explores the role of film in children's lives. The films children engage in provide them with imaginative spaces in which they create, play and perform familiar and unfamiliar, fantasy and everyday narratives and this narrative play is closely connected to identity, literacy and textual practices. Family is key to the encouragement of this social play and, at school, ... Read more

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Children, Film and Literacy explores the role of film in children's lives. The films children engage in provide them with imaginative spaces in which they create, play and perform familiar and unfamiliar, fantasy and everyday narratives and this narrative play is closely connected to identity, literacy and textual practices. Family is key to the encouragement of this social play and, at school,
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Moral Crusades in an Age of Mistrust

The Jimmy Savile Scandal

by F. Furedi ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
The epidemic of scandals unleashed by the Savile Scandal highlights the precarious status of relations of trust. The rapid escalation of this crisis offers insights into the relationship between anxieties about childhood and the wider moral order. This book explains why western society has become so uncomfortable with the exercise of authority. ... Read more

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The epidemic of scandals unleashed by the Savile Scandal highlights the precarious status of relations of trust. The rapid escalation of this crisis offers insights into the relationship between anxieties about childhood and the wider moral order. This book explains why western society has become so uncomfortable with the exercise of authority.
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Disabled Children's Childhood Studies

Critical Approaches in a Global Context

Edited by T. Curran, K. Runswick-Cole ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
This collection offers first-hand accounts, research studies and in-depth theoretical explorations of disabled children's childhoods. The accounts oppose the global imposition of problematic views of disability and childhood and instead, offer an open discussion of responsive and ethical research approaches. ... Read more

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This collection offers first-hand accounts, research studies and in-depth theoretical explorations of disabled children's childhoods. The accounts oppose the global imposition of problematic views of disability and childhood and instead, offer an open discussion of responsive and ethical research approaches.
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Negotiating Opportunities

How the Middle Class Secures Advantages in School

by Jessica McCrory Calarco ...

In Negotiating Opportunities, Jessica McCrory Calarco argues that the middle class has a negotiated advantage in school. Drawing on five years of ethnographic fieldwork, Calarco traces that negotiated advantage from its origins at home to its consequences at school. Through their parents' coaching, working-class students learn to follow rules and work through problems independently. Middle-class ... Read more

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In Negotiating Opportunities, Jessica McCrory Calarco argues that the middle class has a negotiated advantage in school. Drawing on five years of ethnographic fieldwork, Calarco traces that negotiated advantage from its origins at home to its consequences at school. Through their parents' coaching, working-class students learn to follow rules and work through problems independently. Middle-class
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Conflict and Youth Rights in India

Engagement and Identity in the North East

by Haans J. Freddy ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
This book examines how conflict has affected the rights of youth in Northeast India. Examining youth engagement in protracted conflict and its impact on youth rights, the author considers the complex issues besieging the region, including armed insurgency, conflicts between ethnic groups, human rights violations, poor governance and a lack of economic development, all factors contributing to the ... Read more

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This book examines how conflict has affected the rights of youth in Northeast India. Examining youth engagement in protracted conflict and its impact on youth rights, the author considers the complex issues besieging the region, including armed insurgency, conflicts between ethnic groups, human rights violations, poor governance and a lack of economic development, all factors contributing to the
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Children's Rights from Below

Cross-Cultural Perspectives

by M. Liebel ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
This book presents an integral, cross-cultural reflection on the social reality of children's rights and citizenship, giving an insight into new perspectives on the history and different concepts of children's rights in a contextualized and localized manner. ... Read more

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This book presents an integral, cross-cultural reflection on the social reality of children's rights and citizenship, giving an insight into new perspectives on the history and different concepts of children's rights in a contextualized and localized manner.
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