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Preface i Rethinking Childhood ii Preface The Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies Edited by Myra Bluebond-Langner Advisory Board Joan Jacobs Brumberg Perri Klass Jill Korbin Bambi Schiefflin Enid Schildkraut [18.209.66.87] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 00:12 GMT) Preface iii RUTGERS UNIVERSITY PRESS New Brunswick, New Jersey, and London Rethinking Childhood EDITED BY PETER B. PUFALL RICHARD P. UNSWORTH iv Preface Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rethinking childhood / edited by Peter B. Pufall and Richard P. Unsworth. p. cm.—(The Rutgers series in childhood studies) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8135-3364-3 (cloth: alk. paper)—ISBN 0-8135-3365-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Children. 2. Children—Social conditions. I. Pufall, Peter B. II. Unsworth, Richard P. III. Series. HQ767. 9 .R46 2004 305.23—dc21 2003009389 British Cataloging-in-Publication data for this book is available from the British Library This collection copyright © 2004 by Rutgers, The State University Individual chapters copyright © 2004 in the names of their authors All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher. Please contact Rutgers University Press, 100 Joyce Kilmer Avenue, Piscataway, NJ 08854–8099. The only exception to this prohibition is “fair use” as defined by U.S. copyright law. The publication program of Rutgers University Press is supported by the Board of Governors of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Manufactured in the United States of America [18.209.66.87] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 00:12 GMT) Preface v The editors dedicate this book to their children and grandchildren, Abigail, Bill, Eleanor, Elizabeth, Hannah, John, Lewis, Lucy, Matthew, Matilda, Miles, Molly, Sarah, Teresa, and Thomas, who might have seen more of us had we not been Rethinking Childhood [18.209.66.87] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 00:12 GMT) vii Contents Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction: The Imperative and the Process for Rethinking Childhood 1 PETER B. PUFALL AND RICHARD P. UNSWORTH Part I Children’s Voice and Agency Chapter 1 Understanding Childhood from an Interdisciplinary Perspective: Problems and Potentials 25 ALLISON JAMES Chapter 2 Children as Philosophers 38 GARETH B. MATTHEWS Chapter 3 Children as Theologians 54 EILEEN W. LINDNER Chapter 4 Action, Voice, and Identity in Children’s Lives 69 JACK A. MEACHAM Part II Voice and Agency in Education Chapter 5 “Do You Know You Have Worms on Your Pearls?” Listening to Children’s Voices in the Classroom 87 SUSAN ETHEREDGE Chapter 6 Cultural Integrity and Schooling Outcomes of African American Children from Low-Income Backgrounds 104 A. WADE BOYKIN AND BRENDA A. ALLEN Chapter 7 ‘‘We Have These Rule Inside”: The Effects of Exercising Voice in a Children’s Online Forum 121 JUSTINE CASSELL viii Preface viii Contents Part III Voice and Agency within Families Chapter 8 Advertising and Marketing to Children in the United States 141 ENOLA G. AIRD Chapter 9 Children’s Lives in and out of Poverty 154 KAREN A. GRAY Chapter 10 Children of Divorce 170 JAN PRYOR AND ROBERT E. EMERY Part IV Voice and Agency in Neighborhoods and Sports Chapter 11 Negotiating the Dance: Social Capital from the Perspective of Neighborhood Children and Adults 191 JAMES C. SPILSBURY AND JILL E. KORBIN Chapter 12 Are We Having Fun Yet? 207 RHONDA SINGER Part V Voice and Agency as Legal Rights Chapter 13 Re-Visioning Rights for Children 229 BARBARA BENNETT WOODHOUSE Chapter 14 Recognizing the Roots: Children’s Identity Rights 244 ALICE HEARST Resources for Further Research: A Road Map for Surfing the Internet 263 RAYMOND A. DUCHARME Contributors 275 Index 279 ...