WGST 2812 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: People V. Turner, Childhood Obesity, Youth Studies
27 Sep 2017
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Understanding of gender as a lived process rather than a consequence of sex. Gender is a set of relations configured through bodies, spatial, discursive and material processes. By examining gender as practice we are able to see: Just because gender is a practice doesn"t mean it is a choice. Gender as practice means gender is a negotiation. Gender occurs within matrix of social and historical forces enshrined in ideological arenas of law, family, schooling, religion, etc. Socio-economic changes brought on by industrialization, mass education, legislation regulating child labour in 19th century and early 20th century in the west created conditions where children and youth were separated from adults. Previously they worked alongside, spent most of their time with adults, now they are spending less time with adults and more with each other. United nations convention on the rights of the child (childhood = 0-18) Over last decade childhood studies become recognized area of research.
