Cultures of fear: Children in school

Mukhopadhyay, Rahul and Mukunda, Kamala V. (2017) Cultures of fear: Children in school. In: Childhoods in India : Traditions,trends and transformations. Routledge India, London, pp. 275-296. ISBN 9781315098395

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Abstract

This chapter explores the experience of fear in the lives of school-going children in India. Drawing upon the existing research around childhood studies, sociology of education and psychology, it attempts to explore the nature of this experience at both the level of the child and in the context of institutional spaces such as the school and the ways in which social structures mediate the experiences at these levels. In its analyses, the chapter proposes a relational approach to understanding fear through the different ways in which power operates in and around the lives of schoolchildren at multiple levels. The chapter then considers ‘alternative’ schooling spaces and interventions that have been shown to provide environments for learning that address some of the concerns around cultures of fear in schools and for schoolchildren. In conclusion, the chapter discusses the theoretical and methodological implications for further research in this understudied area in the Indian context.

Item Type:	Book Section
Authors:	Mukhopadhyay, Rahul and Mukunda, Kamala V.
Editors:	Editors Email ORCID Saraswathi, T S UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Menon, Shailaja UNSPECIFIED https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7272-5858 Madan, Ankur ankur.madan@apu.edu.in UNSPECIFIED
Document Language:	Language English
Subjects:	Philosophy & psychology > Psycholgy Social sciences > Sociology & anthropology > Social interaction > Social interaction within groups Social sciences > Education > Schools & their activities; special education
Divisions:	Azim Premji University - Bengaluru > School of Education
Full Text Status:	None
Related URLs:	Library OPAC
URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/7279
Publisher URL:	https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.432...

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