Overview
This exciting new book provides a novel interdisciplinary introduction to Childhood and Youth Studies and Psychology. Its accessible approach illuminates holistic understandings of children and young people’s lives by drawing from multiple disciplines and theoretical frameworks and wide-ranging research examples, including case studies from around the world, featuring children and young people’s perspectives throughout.
Weaving insights from education and cultural studies, social anthropology, and sociology with social, cultural, and developmental psychology, it covers children and young people’s experiences and development from infancy to young adulthood (0–23 years) and their rights. Chapters explore key contemporary topics such as the following:
- Digital childhood and youth
- Children’s embodied experiences
- The social and cultural origins of selves
- Diverse families
- Race and ethnicity
- Global childhoods
- Models for understanding health and disability
- Children’s rights and agency
- Gender in childhood and youth
An essential reading for students on childhood and youth, psychology, and education courses, An Introduction to Childhood and Youth Studies and Psychology is also a valuable introductory resource for practitioners working with children and young people and for parents and policy makers with an interest in how we understand children and young people’s lives today.
This book title, An Introduction to Childhood and Youth Studies and Psychology, ISBN: 9781032415932, by Victoria Cooper, Mimi Tatlow-Golden, published by Taylor & Francis (August 31, 2023) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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