The Sociology of Childhood is the Second Edition of a text that has been universally acclaimed as the best book on the subject available today. It is the only text that thoroughly covers children and childhood from a sociological perspective. The Second Edition retains the same quality coverage of social theories of childhood, the consideration of children and childhood in historical and cultural perspective, children’s peer cultures from preschool through preadolescence, and the social problems of children. The book has been updated to include new research, information, and discussions on the latest social indicators regarding children in the United States and around the world.
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William A. Corsaro is the Robert H. Shaffer Class of 1967 Endowed Professor of Sociology at Indiana University, Bloomington where he won the President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching in 1988. He teaches courses on the sociology of childhood, childhood in contemporary society, and ethnographic research methods. His primary research interests are the sociology of childhood, children’s peer cultures, the sociology of education, and ethnographic research methods. Corsaro is the author of Friendship and Peer Culture in the Early Years (1985) and “We’re Friends, Right”: Inside Kids’ Culture (2003). He was a Fulbright Senior Research Fellow in Bologna, Italy, in 1983–1984 and a Senior Fulbright Senior Specialist Fellow in Trondheim, Norway in 2003.
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I grew up in a working class family with 4 brothers and 3 sisters in Indianapolis, Indiana. Despite working from a very young age at my father's fruit and vegetable stand in the old city market in Indianapolis and then holding down many other part time jobs as a child and adolescent, I still had a happy childhood. I was the first in my family to attend college and received my B.A. degree in sociology at Indiana University in 1970. I then went on to the University of North Carolina where I developed a strong interest in studying young children and their peer interactions. I received my Ph.D. in 1974 and then did a year post-doctoral study in a Berkeley, California preschool. It was here that I discovered that young children have their own peer cultures and earned the nickname "Big Bill" from the kids I studied.
I later carried out research in Head Start centers, preschools and elementary schools in Indianapolis and Bloomington, Indiana, Bologna and Modena, Italy and in Trondheim, Norway. I joined the faculty at Indiana University, Bloomington in 1975 and have been in Bloomington ever sense. I am presently the Robert H. Shaffer Class of 1967 Endowed Chair in the Department of Sociology. I teach courses on the sociology of childhood, children in contemporary society from a comparative perspective, and ethnographic research methods. My current research focuses on children's early life transitions and children in civil society. The third edition of my The Sociology of Childhood will be published in 2010 by Pine Forge Press. I cherish the many friendships I have developed with children, their parents, and teachers over the years and I strongly believe that the future of childhood is the present.
I later carried out research in Head Start centers, preschools and elementary schools in Indianapolis and Bloomington, Indiana, Bologna and Modena, Italy and in Trondheim, Norway. I joined the faculty at Indiana University, Bloomington in 1975 and have been in Bloomington ever sense. I am presently the Robert H. Shaffer Class of 1967 Endowed Chair in the Department of Sociology. I teach courses on the sociology of childhood, children in contemporary society from a comparative perspective, and ethnographic research methods. My current research focuses on children's early life transitions and children in civil society. The third edition of my The Sociology of Childhood will be published in 2010 by Pine Forge Press. I cherish the many friendships I have developed with children, their parents, and teachers over the years and I strongly believe that the future of childhood is the present.
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This chapter examines the reasons for the resurgent interest in children in society and, especially, in sociology. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
initial peer cultures, orb web model, interpretive reproduction, walking bucket, oppositional talk, evolving membership, preadolescent peer, scuola materna, cultural routines, early education programs, secondary adjustments, peer abuse, play routines, nonmarital births, threatening agent, interactive space, research with children, friendship processes, avoidance phase, shared play, symbolic culture Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Head Start, Tooth Fairy, Western Europe, Social Security, United Kingdom, Santa Claus, United Nations, Oklahoma City, West European, Sesame Street, Easter Bunny, Iqbal Masih, African American, East African, National Committee, Shavon Dean, World War New!
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initial peer cultures, orb web model, interpretive reproduction, walking bucket, oppositional talk, evolving membership, preadolescent peer, scuola materna, cultural routines, early education programs, secondary adjustments, peer abuse, play routines, nonmarital births, threatening agent, interactive space, research with children, friendship processes, avoidance phase, shared play, symbolic culture Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Head Start, Tooth Fairy, Western Europe, Social Security, United Kingdom, Santa Claus, United Nations, Oklahoma City, West European, Sesame Street, Easter Bunny, Iqbal Masih, African American, East African, National Committee, Shavon Dean, World War New!
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