Childhood Socialization - 2nd Edition

Taylor & Francis

Childhood SocializationRevised Second Edition\nAuthor(s): Norman K. Denzin\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138520356, 978-1138520356\nSynopsis\nNorman Denzin presents a social psychological account of how the lives of children are shaped by social interaction, particularly interaction with parents and other caretakers. He examines the special language of children, their socialization experiences, and the emergence of their selfconceptions- all as they occur in natural surroundings: daycare centers, homes, playgrounds, schools, and many other places. Denzin is concerned not with sequential developmental changes during childhood, but with how children themselves enter into the processes that lead to self-awareness, socialized abilities and attribute-such as pride, perceptiveness, dignity, and poise.\n\nThrough his symbolic interactionist approach, Denzin shows how language-the key link between children and others-.