HUMA 1970 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Romanticism, Social Constructionism, Hannah More
22 Oct 2017
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Not a sociologist, but work is informed by sociology. Historian - writes from a historical perspective, and is interested in the history of. Why focus on the history of british childhood to understand the global northern childhood. Definitions of childhood must to some extent be dependent upon the society from which they emerge (hendrick 35) He is differentiating between the institution and the actual childhood. A theoretical perspective that explores the ways in which reality" is negotiated in everyday life through people"s interactions and through sets of discourses (kc 116) Relating it to history - the history of the social construction of childhood. The linguistic or figurative process by which ideas are given significance and meaning in society (kc 98) Taken together, a set of representations provides a frame through which we see the world in particular ways (kc 98) Rigid code of moral behaviour essential to salvation. The tabula rasa discourse childhood as a time of becoming .
