The Body, Childhood and Society
Bringing together two topics of wide and growing sociological interest, The Body, Childhood and Society examines how children's bodies are constructed in schools, families, courts, hospitals and in film. Recognising that children's bodies are a target for
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Also by Alan Prout THEORIZING CHILDHOOD (with Allison James and Chris Jenks) CONSTRUCTING AND RECONSTRUCTING CHILDHOOD (editor with Allison James)
The Body, Childhood and Society Edited by
Alan Prout
Reader in Sociology University of Hull and Director ESRC Children 5-16 Research Programme
Consultant Editor: Jo Campling
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First published in Great Britain 2000 by
MACMILLAN PRESS LTD
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 978-0-333-65949-6 ISBN 978-0-333-98363-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-0-333-98363-8 First published in the United States of America 2000 by
ST. MARTIN'S PRESS, INC.,
Scholarly and Reference Division, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The body, childhood and society I edited by Alan Prout. p. em. Includes bibliographical references and index. I. Children. 2. Body, Human- Social aspects. I. Prout, Alan. HQ767.9.B63 1999 305.23-dc2l 98-49901 CIP Selection, editorial matter and Chapter 1 © Alan Prout 2000 Chapters 2-9 © the contributors 2000 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London WlP 9HE. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. 10 9 09 08
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Contents Acknowledgements
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Notes on the Contributors
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1 Childhood Bodies: Construction, Agency and Hybridity Alan Prout
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Embodied Being(s): Understanding the Self and the Body in Childhood Allison James
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Childhood and the Cultural Constitution of Vulnerable Bodies Pia Haudrup Christensen
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4 The Body as a Site of Contestation in School Brenda Simpson 5
Children, Parents and the Construction of the 'Healthy Body' in Middle-Class Families Kathryn Backett-Milburn
6 'To Become Dizzy in Our Turning': Girls, Body-Maps and Gender as Childhood Ends Shirley Prendergast
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Re-Presenting the Child: the Muted Child, the Tamed Wife and the Silenced Instrument in Jane Campion's The Piano Ronnie Frankenberg
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