Bringing together two topics of wide and growing sociological interest, The Body, Childhood and Society examines how children's bodies are constructed in school

The landmark work on the social significance of childhood. The original and vastly influential ideas of Erik H. Erikson underlie much of our understanding of hu

The landmark work on the social significance of childhood.

The new edition of this established core textbook continues to give an insightful, authoritative and accessible overview of competing theoretical positions on t

Demonstrating the contested and differentiated nature of childhood and youth embodiment, this book responds to political and media discourses that stigmatise 'u