Intersections Between Western and Indian Childhoods

Mariam John Meynert

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Intersections Between Western and Indian Childhoods

Mariam John Meynert

Published in Social Sciences (Volume 7, Issue 1)

Received: 23 October 2017 Accepted: 6 November 2017 Published: 14 December 2017

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Abstract

This article explores the intersections between discourses on children from the North and South (India as a case in point). Some similarities can be seen between Western and Indian conceptualizations with the child occupying subaltern spaces. Both in the North and South children are marginalized in sociological discourses; there is a perceived emergent decrease in patriarchal control of children by adults, with adult-child relations becoming more democratic and participatory, manifested in greater negotiation of control by children. The New Sociology of Childhood that evolved in the “Century of the Child” notable as childhood has brought children into the arena of International politics and academic debates in both the North and the South.

Published in	Social Sciences (Volume 7, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ss.20180701.15
Page(s)	29-35
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Keywords

Social Construction, Convergence, Divergence, Childhoods, Agency

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