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Children and the Politics of Culture. (book reviews)
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, December, 1996 by James, Allison
>In this collection of papers on childhood and politics Sharon Stephens sets out to demonstrate that childhood, like other 'naturalized' social spaces such as those of the body and the family; does not escape the discourses and practical consequences of global and local politics. Acknowledging the debt of social constructionist perspectives on childhood, which have diverted attention away from the biologized body of the child as an explanation for its identity, Stephens extends this argument to show the ways in which modern childhood is being transformed through different forms of ...
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