Children and Youth Speak for Themselves

by Heather Beth Johnson (Editor)

Overview

The theme of this volume is an outgrowth of one of the Section sponsored sessions at the 2006 ASA meetings in Montreal; 'Children and Youth Speak for Themselves'. The volume is a collection of articles from scholars who pay particular attention to children and/or adolescents' voices, interpretations, perspectives, and experiences within specific social and cultural contexts. Contributions include research stemming from a broad spectrum of methodological and theoretical orientations. This is a cutting-edge compilation of the most current child-centred scholarship on the sociology of children and childhood.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781784413248
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Publication date:	08/14/2014
Series:	Sociological Studies of Children and Youth , #13
Pages:	472
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.98(d)

Table of Contents

List of Contributors. EDITORIAL BOARD. Scholars giving voice so that children and youth can speak for themselves: An introduction to this special volume. “They don't wanna get their education. “And no flowers grow there and stuff”: Young children's social representations of poverty. “I like being intervieeeeeeewed!”: Kids’ perspectives on participating in social research. “You can't count on nobody in life”: Homeless youth and the transition to adulthood. Child sexual abuse and embodiment. How maltreatment matters: Effects of child maltreatment on academic performance. The importance of audience and agency for representation: A case study of an urban youth media community. From “He's too nice” to “Some day”: Using photography to understand what urban students want to learn in school. Middle school students' perceptions of character education: What they are doing when someone is. The value of volunteering: comparing youths’ experiences to popular claims. Trophies, triumphs, and tears: Children's experiences with competitive activities. “Into it” or “going through the motions”: Exploring how college students understand their academic engagement. Moving into line: The educational, occupational, and family ambitions of the youth of Gautreaux two. Speaking the unspeakable: Youth discourses on racial importance in school. “I learn being black from everywhere I go”: Color blindness, travel, and the formation of racial attitudes among African American adolescents. Sociological studies of children and youth. Children and Youth Speak for Themselves. Copyright page.