This exciting new book provides a novel interdisciplinary introduction to Childhood and Youth Studies and Psychology. Its accessible approach illuminates holistic understandings of children and young people-s lives by drawing from multiple theoretical frameworks and wide-ranging research examples including case studies from around the world, featuring children and young people-s perspectives throughout.
Weaving insights from education and cultural studies, social anthropology, and sociology with social, cultural and developmental psychology, it covers children and young people-s experiences and development from infancy to young adulthood (0-23 years) and their rights. Chapters explore key contemporary topics such as:
- digital childhood and youth
- children-s embodied experiences
- the social and cultural origins of selves
- diverse families
- race and ethnicity
- global childhoods
- models for understanding health and disability
