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The Child in the World/The World in the Child: Education and the Configuration of a Universal, Modern, and Globalized Childhood


Book Description
In this collection, the contributors look at the current spread of universalizing discourses concerning young children across the globe, examining the way these discourses, which purport to describe everyone in a scientific and neutral way, actually create mechanisms through which children are divided and excluded. The contributors to this book employ post-structuralist, postcolonial, and feminist... More
Book Information
PublisherPalgrave MacMillan Ltd
BindingHardcover (4 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages256
ISBN-101403974977
ISBN-13978-1403974976
Publication Date10/17/2006
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About Dar Weyenberg (Editor) : Dar Weyenberg is a published editor. Published credits of Dar Weyenberg include The Child in the World/The World in the Child: Education and the Configuration of a Universal, Modern, and Globalized Ch... more
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About Devorah Kennedy (Editor) : Devorah Kennedy is a published editor. Published credits of Devorah Kennedy include The Child in the World/The World in the Child: Education and the Configuration of a Universal, Modern, and Globalize... more
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About Marianne N. Bloch (Editor) : Marianne N. Bloch is a published editor. Published credits of Marianne N. Bloch include The Child in the World/The World in the Child: Education and the Configuration of a Universal, Modern, and Globa... more
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About Theodora Lightfoot (Editor) : Theodora Lightfoot is a published editor. Published credits of Theodora Lightfoot include The Child in the World/The World in the Child: Education and the Configuration of a Universal, Modern, and Glo... more
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