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Childism : confronting prejudice against children / Elisabeth Young-Bruehl.
- Title
- Childism : confronting prejudice against children / Elisabeth Young-Bruehl.
- Author
- Young-Bruehl, Elisabeth
- Publication
- New Haven : Yale University Press, c2012.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | HQ767.9 .Y667 2012 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 353 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- The author exposes American society's prejudice against its children--from corporal punishment and an uncaring foster care system to the pressure placed on children to support one parent or another in a divorce--and the harm it causes them.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Anatomy of a prejudice -- Three forms of childism : Anna's story -- Child abuse and neglect: a study in confusion -- The politicization of child abuse -- Mass hysteria and child sexual abuse -- Forms of childism in families -- Education and the end of childism.
- ISBN
- 9780300173116 (alk. paper)
- 0300173113 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2011028318
- OCLC
- 711045660
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library