'Time-Out' in the Land of Apu
Childhoods, Bildungsmoratorium and the Middle Classes of Urban West Bengal
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology
| Author: | Hia Sen | ISBN: | 9783658022235 |
| Publisher: | Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden | Publication: | July 15, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Springer VS | Language: | English |
| Author: | Hia Sen |
| ISBN: | 9783658022235 |
| Publisher: | Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden |
| Publication: | July 15, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Springer VS |
| Language: | English |
Within Childhood Research starkly different theoretical and empirical concerns characterize the global south-north divide. Hia Sen attempts to bridge the gap in Childhood Research which usually addresses childhoods differently according to their 'developing/developed', 'western/non-western' contexts, and finds its middle ground in the context of the urban middle classes in contemporary West Bengal. The author documents areas such as leisure practices and everyday lives of school children in India for three cohorts, where it is possible to have a comparative perspective of childhoods given the existing rich ethnographic and historical research on childhoods in other cultural contexts.
Within Childhood Research starkly different theoretical and empirical concerns characterize the global south-north divide. Hia Sen attempts to bridge the gap in Childhood Research which usually addresses childhoods differently according to their 'developing/developed', 'western/non-western' contexts, and finds its middle ground in the context of the urban middle classes in contemporary West Bengal. The author documents areas such as leisure practices and everyday lives of school children in India for three cohorts, where it is possible to have a comparative perspective of childhoods given the existing rich ethnographic and historical research on childhoods in other cultural contexts.
