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Uprichard, Emma (2008) Children as ‘being and becomings ’: children, childhood and temporality. Children & Society, Vol.22 (No.4). pp. 303-313. doi:10.1111/j.1099-0860.2007.00110.x ISSN 0951-0605.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1099-0860.2007.00110.x
Abstract
Notions of ‘being’ and ‘becoming’ are intrinsic to childhood research. Whilst the ‘being’ child is seen as a social actor actively constructing ‘childhood’, the ‘becoming’ child is seen as an ‘adult in the making’, lacking competencies of the ‘adult’ that he or she will ‘become’. However, I argue that both approaches are in themselves problematic. Instead, theorising children as ‘being and becomings’ not only addresses the temporality of childhood that children themselves voice, but presents a conceptually realistic construction suitable to both childhood researchers and practitioners. � 2007 The Author(s). Journal compilation � 2007 National
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Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Children & Society | ||||
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 0951-0605 | ||||
Official Date: | 2008 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.22 | ||||
Number: | No.4 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 303-313 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1099-0860.2007.00110.x | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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