Childhoods in India: Traditions, trends and transformations

Saraswathi, T S and Menon, Shailaja and Madan, Ankur, eds. (2017) Childhoods in India: Traditions, trends and transformations. Routledge India, London. ISBN 9781315098395

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Abstract

This book highlights the significance of an interdisciplinary approach to understanding children and childhoods in the Indian context. While it is recognised that multiple kinds of childhoods exist in India, policy and practice approaches to working with children are still based on a singular model of the ideal child rooted in certain Western traditions. The book challenges readers to go beyond the acknowledgement of differences to evolving alternate models to this conception of children and childhoods. Bringing together well-known scholars from history, politics, sociology, child development, paediatrics and education, the volume represents four major themes: the history and politics of childhoods; deconstructing childhoods by analysing their representations in art, mythology and culture in India; selected facets of childhoods as constructed through education and schooling; and understanding issues related to law, policy and practice, as they pertain to children and childhoods. This important book will be useful to scholars and researchers of education, especially those working in the domains of child development, sociology of education, educational psychology, public policy and South Asian studies.

Item Type:	Book
Editors:	Editors Email ORCID Saraswathi, T S UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Menon, Shailaja UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Madan, Ankur UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
Document Language:	Language English
Subjects:	Social sciences > Sociology & anthropology > Culture & institutions Social sciences > Education > Public policy issues in education
Divisions:	Azim Premji University - Bengaluru > School of Education
Full Text Status:	None
URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/7270
Publisher URL:	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315098395

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