TY  - BOOK
AU  - Saraswati, T. S.
AU  - T. S. Saraswathi
TI  - Childhoods in India : traditions, transitions, and transformations
SN  - 9781138106369
U1  - 305.230 SAR 
PY  - 2018///
CY  - , London
PB  - : Routledge
KW  - Education
KW  - Educational psychology
KW  - Children India Social conditions
KW  - Children Legal status
N1  - Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction I. History and Politics of Childhood 1. Colonial Modernity and the 'Child Figure': Re-configuring the Multiplicity in 'Multiple Childhoods' 2. Did Girls Have a Childhood in the Past? Mythologies, Ideologies, Histories 3. India's Children and the Brave New World II. Socio Cultural Perspectives 4. Childhood, Culture and the Social Sciences: What We Have Gained and What We maybe in the Process of Losing 5. Parent - Child Relations: Changing Contours and Emerging Trends 6. Bala Krishna: A Paradigm of Childhood Relevant to the Present Time 7. Baccha log, taali bajao: Orphans in Cinematic Imagination 8. Representing Marginalised Childhoods in Contemporary Graphic Novels and Picture Books in India III. Education and Schooling 9. Construction of Children in Indian Educational Curricular and Policy Documents (1964-2005): Implications for Education 10. Education and Gender: A Critical Analysis of Policies in India 11. Childhood as 'Risky', and Life as 'Skills': Social Implications of Psycho-educational Programmes 12. Cultures of Fear: Children in School IV. Law, Practice, and Policy 13. Right to Childhood and Equitable Access to Justice 14. The Journey of Paediatrics from Vedic to Neoteric 15. Food and Nutrition in Childhood: Ensuring Dietary Adequacy, Diversity and Choice 16. Social Policy and Research Interface: Challenges and Prospects. Epilogue Child Rights: A Dialogue. Glossary. Index
N2  - This book highlights the significance of an interdisciplinary approach to understanding children and childhoods in the Indian context. While it is recognized that multiple kinds of childhoods exist in India, policy and practice approaches to working with children are still based on a singular model of the ideal child rooted in certain Western traditions. The book challenges readers to go beyond the acknowledgement of differences to evolving alternate models to this conception of children and childhoods. Bringing together well-known scholars from history, politics, sociology, child development, pediatrics and education, the volume represents four major themes: the history and politics of childhoods; deconstructing childhoods by analyzing their representations in art, mythology and culture in India; selected facets of childhoods as constructed through education and schooling; and understanding issues related to law, policy and practice, as they pertain to children and childhoods
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