Contested Bodies of Childhood and Youth

Demonstrating The Contested And Differentiated Nature Of Childhood And Youth Embodiment, This Book Responds To Political And Media Discourses That Stigmatize Unruly Youthful Bodies, By Combining The Critical Analysis Of Imagined And Disciplined Youthful Bodies With A Focus On Young Peoples Lived And Performed, Embodied Subjectivities--provided By Publisher. Edited By Kathrin Hörschelmann And Rachel Colls. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Machine generated contents note: Introduction K. Hrschelmann & R. CollsReflections on Bodies that Matter: Childhood, Identities & Spatiality in the 1990s G. ValentinePART I: Imagining Bodies Introduction for Part I K. Hrschelmann & R. CollsFemininity and Body Image: Promoting Positive Body Image in the Culture of Slenderness; S. GroganMimesis and Alterity: Representations of Race in Childrens Films K. WellsHow do Children Taste? Young People and the Production and Consumption of Food; E. ProbynDeviant Femininities: The Everyday making and unmaking of Criminal Youth C. AlexanderCommentary on Part I S. RuddickPart II: Disciplining BodiesIntroduction for Part II; K. Hrschelmann & R. CollsChildhood Obesity R. Colls & J. ShucksmithHealth Visiting in Anxious Times; P. DaleThe Cultural Politics of Asylum, Racialised Hierarchies and Age Assessment: The Contested Bodies of Unaccompanied Asylum-seeking Children and Young People P. Hopkins & M. HillChildrens Bodies Working and Caring in Sub-Saharan Africa E. RobsonMilitarized Bodies: The Militarization of Childrens Lives I. Solomon & M. DenovCommentary on Part II E. GagenPart III: Performing BodiesIntroduction for Part III; K. Hrschelmann & R. CollsEmbodying and Destabilising (dis)ability and Childhood L. HoltStigma, Health Attitudes and the Embodiment of Youth(ful) Identities: Understandings of Self and Other N. BealeTime for Bed! Childrens Bed-time Practices, Routines and Affects P. Kraftl & J. HortonGeographies of Intoxication: Drug taking Spaces and the Performance of Gender K. OBrienAIDS, Mobility and Commercial Sex in Ethiopia L. van BlerkCommentary on Part III R. Panelli. Front Matter....Pages i-xvii Introduction: Contested Bodies of Childhood and Youth....Pages 1-21 Children’s Bodies: An Absent Presence....Pages 22-37 Front Matter....Pages 39-39 Femininity and Body Image: Promoting Positive Body Image in the ‘Culture of Slenderness’....Pages 41-52 Mimesis and Alterity: Representations of Race in Children’s Films....Pages 53-67 Deviant Femininities: The Everyday Making and Unmaking of ‘Criminal’ Youth....Pages 68-83 How Do Children Taste? Young People and the Production and Consumption of Food....Pages 84-96 Commentary: Imagining Bodies....Pages 97-102 Front Matter....Pages 103-103 Embodied Childhood in the Health-promoting School....Pages 105-120 Health Visiting in Anxious Times....Pages 121-135 Contested Bodies of Asylum-seeking Children....Pages 136-147 Children’s Bodies: Working and Caring in Sub-Saharan Africa....Pages 148-162 Militarised Bodies: The global Militarisation of Children’s Lives....Pages 163-177 Commentary: Disciplining Bodies....Pages 178-185 Front Matter....Pages 187-187 Stigma, Health Attitudes and the Embodiment of Youth(ful) Identities: Understandings of Self and Other....Pages 189-202 Embodying and Destabilising (Dis)ability and Childhood....Pages 203-214 Time for Bed! Children’s Bedtime Practices, Routines and Affects....Pages 215-231 AIDS, Mobility and Commercial Sex in Ethiopia: Implications for Policy....Pages 232-246 Commentary: Performing Bodies and Contestation....Pages 247-253 Back Matter....Pages 255-260 Young people's bodies have been at the centre of much policy and media discourse of late, forming the focal point of moral panics about obesity, substance abuse, and anti-social behaviour, to name just a few. Political responses to these issues are often focused on finding 'pragmatic' solutions based on a normative understanding of child development. This book, instead, demonstrates the contested and differentiated nature of childhood and youth embodiment. It combines the critical analysis of imagined and disciplined youthful bodies with a focus on young people's lived and performed, embodied subjectivities. Contested Bodies of Childhood and Youth points towards ways of addressing the issues that affect young people's wellbeing without criminalising and stigmatising them. It presents cutting edge interdisciplinary research in an accessible style that seeks to bridge the divide between theory and practice in research.--Résumé de l'éditeur Demonstrating the contested and differentiated nature of childhood and youth embodiment, this book responds to political and media discourses that stigmatise 'unruly' youthful bodies, by combining the critical analysis of imagined and disciplined youthful bodies with a focus on young people's lived and performed, embodied subjectivities.