Childhood Av Chris (Brunel University Uk) Jenks

<P>In this book Chris Jenks looks at what the ways in which we construct our image of childhood can tell us about ourselves. After a general discussion of the social construction of childhood, the book is structured around three examples of the way the image of the child is played out in society:</P><UL><LI>the history of childhood from medieval times through the enlightenment ''discovery'' of childhood to the present</LI><LI>the mythology and reality of child abuse and society''s response to it</LI><LI>the ''death'' of childhood in cases such as the James Bulger murder in which the child itself becomes the perpetrator of evil.</LI></UL><P>Part of the highly successful <EM>Key Ideas</EM> series, this book gives students a concise, provocative insight into some of the controlling concepts of our culture.</P>