General Introduction: What is Childhood? Part I: Meanings of Childhood Editor''s Introduction: Why do experiences of childhood change? 1. Viviana A. Zelizer, From Child Labor to Child Work: Redefining the Economic World of Children 2. Marjorie Heins, Minors , Censorship, Sex, and History 3. Paula Fass and Mary Ann Mason, Childhood in America Past and Present 4. Peter N. Stearns, All are Above Average 5. David Buckingham, In Search of the Child 6.
Karen Sternheimer, Kidnapped: Childhood Stolen? Part II: Theorizing Childhood E ditor''s Introduction: How do social scientists think about children? 7. Barrie Thorne, Re-Visioning Women and Social Change: Where are the Children? 8. William Corsaro, Children''s Interpretive Reproductions 9. Sarah H. Matthews, A Window on the "New" Sociology of Childhood 10. Alan Prout & Allison James, A New Paradigm for the Sociology of Childhood? Part III: Studying Children Editor''s Introduction: How do social scientists study children and childhood? 11. Michael Wyness, Researching Children and Childhood 12. Gary Alan Fine & Kent L.
Sandstrom, Researchers and Kids 13. William Corsaro, Yeah, You''re Big Bill: Entering Kids'' Culture Part IV: Relationships Editor''s Introduction: How do children actively negotiate relationships with friends and family? 14. Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler, Popularity 15. Murray Milner, Jr., Exchanges, Labels, and Put-Downs 16. Abel Valenzuela, Gender Roles and Settlement Activities Among Children and their Immigrant Families 17. Annette Lareau, Concerted Cultivation and the Accomplishment of Natural Growth 18.
Donna Eder, Catherine Colleen Evans & Stephen Parker, Crude Comments and Sexual Scripts Part V: Constructing Race, Ethnicity and Gender Editor''s Introduction: Beyond socialization and imitation 19. Debra Van Ausdale & Joe R. Feagin, Using Racial and Ethnic Concepts: The Critical Case of Very Young Children 20. Valerie Ann Moore, The Collaborative Emergence of Race in Children''s Play: A Case of Two Summer Camps 21. Amanda E. Lewis, Constructing and Negotiating Racial Identity in School 22. Michael A. Messner, Barbie Girls Versus Sea Monsters: Children Constructing Gender 23.
Barrie Thorne, Constructing "Opposite Sides" 24. Julie Bettie, Girls, Race, and Identity: Border Work between Classes Part VI: Popular Culture, Consumption and Play Editor''s Introduction: The importance of play and popular culture 25. Sarah Banet-Weiser, "We Pledge Allegiance to Kids": Nickelodeon and Citizenship 26. Cindy Dell Clark, Flight Toward Maturity: The Tooth Fairy 27. Viviana Zelizer, Kids and Commerce 28. Christine L. Williams, Kids in Toyland 29. Peter Kelly, David Buckingham and Hannah Davies, Talking Dirty: Children, Sexual Knowledge and Television 30.
Hilary Levey, Outside Class: A Historical Analysis of American Children''s Competitive Activities Part VI: Social Problems and Inequality Editor''s Introduction: Are young people really as prized in American society as we think? 31. Jenny Kitzinger, Who Are You Kidding? Children, Power, and the Struggle Against Sexual Abuse 32. Cindy Dell Clark, Children Coping with Chronic Illness 33. Nell Bernstein, Children of the Incarcerated 34. Allison James, Chris Jenks, and Alan Prout, Working Children.