ABSTRACT
Children's Places examines the ways in which children and adults, from their different vantage-points in society, negotiate the 'proper place' of children in both social and spatial terms. It looks at some of the recognised constructions of children, including perspectives from cultures that do not distinguish children as a distinct category of people, as well as examining contexts for them, from schools and kindergartens to inner cities and war-zones. The result is a much-needed insight into the notions of inclusion and exclusion, the placement and displacement of children within generational ranks and orders, and the kinds of places that children construct for themselves.
Based on in-depth ethnographic research from Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, Australia and New Zealand.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|76 pages
Place as a site of opportunity and control
chapter Chapter 1|16 pages
Creating a natural place for children
chapter Chapter 2|19 pages
Restricted experiences in a conflict society
chapter Chapter 3|19 pages
The Smith children go out to school — and come home again
chapter Chapter 4|20 pages
How will the children come home?
part II|80 pages
Place as a site in the field of generational relations
chapter Chapter 5|20 pages
Growing up between places of work and non-places of childhood
chapter Chapter 8|15 pages
Changing place, changing position
part III|70 pages
Place as a source of belonging