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2. The Institutionalisation of 'TongNian' and 'childhood' in China and Britain: Exploring Cautious Comparisons.

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Ribbens McCarthy, Jane, Guo, Yu, Phoenix, Ann, Xu, Xiaoli, and Knight, Abigail

Subjects
*CHILD development, *INSTITUTIONAL care, *LINGUISTICS, *SOCIAL constructionism
Abstract

This article engages with the question of how theorisation of the social construction of childhood can be applied across cultural contexts, taking China and Britain as examples. The paper draws on collaborative dialogue between scholars from the People's Republic of China and Britain, and literatures from both Anglophone and Mandarin sources. It takes forward emergent work on theorising childhood from diverse global perspectives by focusing on the institutionalisation of childhood in these countries, with particular reference to language, conceptualisation and legal frameworks relating to chronological age. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2017
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