The Well of Being: Childhood, Subjectivity, and Education

Title page, copyright page

THE WELL OF BEING SUNY series, Early Childhood Education: Inquiries and Insights Mary A. Jensen, editor The Well of Being Childhood, Subjectivity, and Education David Kennedy STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS Published by State University of New York Press, Albany© 2006 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. Cover photo © the Dorothea Lange Collection, Oakland Museum of California, City of Oakland, gift of Paul S. Taylor. Mexican-American Girl, San Francisco, 1928. For information, address State University of New York Press, 194 Washington Avenue, Suite 305, Albany, NY 12210-2384 Production by Diane Ganeles Marketing by Susan M. Petrie Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Kennedy, David, 1943The well of being : childhood, subjectivity, and education / David Kennedy. p. cm. — (SUNY series, early childhood education) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-6825-8 (hardcover : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-7914-6825-9 (hardcover : alk. paper) ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-6826-5 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-7914-6826-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Children. 2. Children and adults. 3. Education. 4. Postmodernism. I. Title. II. Series. HQ767.9.K453 2006 305.23—dc22 2005025462 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For my children—Irene, Sean, Anna and Joel— in the form of a question ...