Childhood in Postmodernity

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Created on: 13-06-18 17:28

What does Jenks argue?

That childhood is not disappearing but is changing

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In a modern society, what are children seen as?

Vulnerable, need to be nurtured, protected and controlled

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What happens as society moves from modernity to postmodernity?

Relationships become more unstable, which generates the feeling of insecurity, as a result of this relationships become more important as a source of adults' identity and stability

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What happens as a result of the change from modernity to postmodernity?

Adults become even more fearful for their children's safety&preoccupied with protecting them, which results in further regulation&surveillance of children's lives

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What is the evaluation of Jenks' study?

It was based on small, unrepresentative studies

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What do child liberationalists argue?

That modern western childhood is oppressive and children today are subject to adult authority, they argue that western notions of childhood are being globalised

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What have international humanitarian and welfare agencies exported and imposed on the rest of the wolrd?

Western norms, of what childhood should be- a separate life stage, based in the nuclear family&school, in which children are innocent, dependent, vulnerable&have no economic role

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It's been argued that campaigns against child labour&concerns about street children in third world countries reflect what?

Western views about how childhood should be

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What might some activities by children be?

The norm for that culture and an important preparation for adult life

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In this view, what is childhood seen to be?

Not disappearing but spreading throughout the world

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Vulnerable, need to be nurtured, protected and controlled

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