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1 online resource (183 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Innocence, Knowledge and the Construction of Childhood; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 The contradictory nature of children's contemporary lives; 2 Difficult knowledge and subjugated knowledge: adult/child relations and the regulation of citizenship; 3 Childhood innocence, moral panic and censorship: constructing the vulnerable child; 4 Schooling the vulnerable child: power/knowledge and the regulation of the adult normative citizen-subject; 5 Children's sexual subjectivities |
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6 Parents, children's sexual subjectivity and the transmission of sexual knowledge across generations7 Critical conversations: building a culture of sexual ethics early in life; References; Index |
| Summary |
Innocence, Knowledge and the Construction of Childhood provides a critical examination of the way we regulate children's access to certain knowledge and explores how this regulation contributes to the construction of childhood, to children's vulnerability and to the constitution of the 'good' future citizen in developed countries. Through this controversial analysis, Kerry H. Robinson critically engages with the relationships between childhood, sexuality, innocence, moral panic, censorship and notions of citizenship. This book highlights how the strict regulation of children |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Sex instruction -- Social aspects -- Australia
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Early childhood education -- Australia
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Multicultural education -- Australia
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Early childhood education
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Multicultural education
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Gender & Ethnic Studies.
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Social Sciences.
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Gender Studies & Sexuality.
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Australia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136304170 |
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1136304177 |
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