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Constructions of Childhood in India Ravneet Kaur (Mata Sundri College for Women, University of Delhi, India.)

Constructions of Childhood in India By Ravneet Kaur (Mata Sundri College for Women, University of Delhi, India.)

Constructions of Childhood in India by Ravneet Kaur (Mata Sundri College for Women, University of Delhi, India.)

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This book explores the dominant constructions of childhood as perceived by children and adults in contemporary Indian society. It unveils the everyday lived experiences of children within family life to explain the meaning of childhood, the position of children as social groups, and the themes and issues that impact childhoods.

Constructions of Childhood in India Summary

Constructions of Childhood in India: Exploring the Personal and Sociocultural Contours by Ravneet Kaur (Mata Sundri College for Women, University of Delhi, India.)

This book,

* presents the diversity of childhoods while providing scope for comparing multiple childhoods across history and different cultural groups through inequalities present in contemporary Indian society;

* contributes towards making a difference within the mainstream educational discourse and ways in which childhood is understood as a life stage in India;

* will be of interest to teachers and students of education, childhood studies, elementary education, sociology of education and social psychology across UK and US. It will also be helpful for education professionals, educationalists, academicians, policymakers and researchers working in these areas.

About Ravneet Kaur (Mata Sundri College for Women, University of Delhi, India.)

Ravneet Kaur is Assistant Professor at the Department of Elementary Education, Mata Sundri College for Women, University of Delhi, India. She has a doctorate from the University of Delhi and holds Master's Degree in both Child Development and Education from the University of Delhi. She has been extensively engaged in teaching and research in the areas of Human development, Childhood Studies, Psychology and Education for the last 14 years. She is currently working on a major project awarded by Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR). She has also undertaken consultancies for United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), The University of Hong Kong, Care India, Save the Children, Room to Read and other International and National, Voluntary and Non-Governmental organizations.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Dominant Constructions of Children and Childhood 3. Constructions of Childhood within Family Processes 4. Constructing Childhood through Generational Relations: Meanings of Motherhood, Fatherhood and Grandparenthood 5. Diversity in Indian Childhoods: Through the Lens of Social Class 6. Childhood: Change and Continuity 7. Conclusions. Appendix A: A Note on Methodology. Appendix B: Pictures adapted from Rosenzweig P-F Study (Children's form) (1959). References

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Constructions of Childhood in India: Exploring the Personal and Sociocultural Contours by Ravneet Kaur (Mata Sundri College for Women, University of Delhi, India.)
Ravneet Kaur (Mata Sundri College for Women, University of Delhi, India.)
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Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2021-10-25
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