The Geographies of Young People: The Morally Contested Spaces of Identity

The Geographies of Young People traces the changing scientific and societal notions of what it is to be a young person, and argues that there is a need to rethink how we view childhood spaces, child development and the politics of growing up.
This book brings coherency to the growing field of children's geographies by arguing that although most of it does not prescribe solutions to the moral assault against young people, it nonetheless offers appropriate insights into difference and diversity, and how young people are constructed.

Other books in the series:
Culture/Place/Health (forthcoming)
Seduction of Place (forthcoming)
Celtic Geographies (forthcoming) Timespace
Bodies
Mind and Body Spaces
Children's Geographies
Leisure/Tourism Geographies
Thinking Space
Geopolitical Traditions
Embodied Geographies
Animal Spaces, Beastly Places
Closet Space
Clubbing
De-centering Sexualities
Entanglements of Power.

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The Geographies of Young People: The Morally Contested Spaces of Identity

The Geographies of Young People traces the changing scientific and societal notions of what it is to be a young person, and argues that there is a need to rethink how we view childhood spaces, child development and the politics of growing up.
This book brings coherency to the growing field of children's geographies by arguing that although most of it does not prescribe solutions to the moral assault against young people, it nonetheless offers appropriate insights into difference and diversity, and how young people are constructed.

Other books in the series:
Culture/Place/Health (forthcoming)
Seduction of Place (forthcoming)
Celtic Geographies (forthcoming) Timespace
Bodies
Mind and Body Spaces
Children's Geographies
Leisure/Tourism Geographies
Thinking Space
Geopolitical Traditions
Embodied Geographies
Animal Spaces, Beastly Places
Closet Space
Clubbing
De-centering Sexualities
Entanglements of Power.

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The Geographies of Young People: The Morally Contested Spaces of Identity

The Geographies of Young People: The Morally Contested Spaces of Identity

by Stuart C Aitken
The Geographies of Young People: The Morally Contested Spaces of Identity

The Geographies of Young People: The Morally Contested Spaces of Identity

by Stuart C Aitken

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The Geographies of Young People traces the changing scientific and societal notions of what it is to be a young person, and argues that there is a need to rethink how we view childhood spaces, child development and the politics of growing up.
This book brings coherency to the growing field of children's geographies by arguing that although most of it does not prescribe solutions to the moral assault against young people, it nonetheless offers appropriate insights into difference and diversity, and how young people are constructed.

Other books in the series:
Culture/Place/Health (forthcoming)
Seduction of Place (forthcoming)
Celtic Geographies (forthcoming) Timespace
Bodies
Mind and Body Spaces
Children's Geographies
Leisure/Tourism Geographies
Thinking Space
Geopolitical Traditions
Embodied Geographies
Animal Spaces, Beastly Places
Closet Space
Clubbing
De-centering Sexualities
Entanglements of Power.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781134593071
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 07/08/2005
Series: Critical Geographies
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 232
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

Stuart C Aitken

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 PUTTING YOUNG PEOPLE IN THEIR PLACE; Chapter 2 FROM THE GROUND UP; Chapter 3 LEARNING THROUGH THE BODY; Chapter 4 DRAPED OUTSIDE IN AND HUNG INSIDE OUT; Chapter 5 MATERIAL TRANSFORMATIONS; Chapter 6 DESTINED TO SUFFER THE MOST; Chapter 7 A SPACE TO PLAY AND A TIME FOR JUSTICE;
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