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The government of childhood : discourse, power and subjectivity / Karen M. Smith, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland.

Author/creator Smith, Karen M., 1973- author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Descriptionx, 256 pages ; 23 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Studies in childhood and youth
Studies in childhood and youth. ^A1121181
Contents Introduction: Childhood, Discourse and Power -- 1. Conceptualising Governmentality -- 2. Subjects of Government -- 3. Disciplining Childhood -- 4. The Gentle Way in Child Government -- 5. Governing the Responsible Child -- Conclusion.
Abstract "It is widely acknowledged that the gradual emergence of the modern nation-state is associated with intensified interest in the government of childhood. Grounded in the Foucauldian literature on governmentality and drawing on a broad range of disciplines, this book examines the government of childhood in the West from the early modern period to the present. The book deals with three key time periods, examining shifts in the conceptualization and regulation of childhood and child-rearing between the late sixteenth and late eighteenth century; between the late eighteenth century and the mid/late twentieth century and the period from the late twentieth century to the present day. Building on the work of Chris Jenks, The Government of Childhood deploys the images of the Dionysian and Apollonian images of childhood as symbolic targets of power/knowledge and presents a third model - the Athenian child - as a symbolic target of modes of exercising power over the young that is grounded in children's capacity for agency"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formebook version 9781137312273
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2014021111
ISBN9781137312266 (hardback)
ISBN1137312262 (hardback)
ISBN9781137312273
ISBN1137312270

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