HIST 3320: The History of Childhood
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- Can the Girl Guide speak? The Perils and Pleasures of Looking for Children’s Voices in Archival ResearchAlexander, K. (2012). Can the girl guide speak? The perils and pleasures of looking for children's voices in archival research. Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures, 4(1), 132+.
- Age as a Category of Historical Analysis: History, Agency, and Narratives of Childhood
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Mary Jo Maynes,. "Age as a Category of Historical Analysis: History, Agency, and Narratives of Childhood." The Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth 1, no. 1 (2008): 114-124.
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- Listen to the Child’: Law, Sex, and the Child Wife in Indian Historiography.Pande, I. (2013), ‘Listen to the Child’: Law, Sex, and the Child Wife in Indian Historiography. History Compass, 11: 687-701. https://doi-org.brooklyn.ezproxy.cuny.edu/10.1111/hic3.12077
- The Kids Aren’t All Right: Historians and the Problem of Childhood.Maza, S. (2020). The Kids Aren’t All Right: Historians and the Problem of Childhood. American Historical Review, 125(4), 1261–1285. https://doi-org.brooklyn.ezproxy.cuny.edu/10.1093/ahr/rhaa380
- Is the History of Childhood Ready for the World? A Response to “The Kids Aren’t All Right.”Pande, I. (2020). Is the History of Childhood Ready for the World? A Response to “The Kids Aren’t All Right.” American Historical Review, 125(4), 1300–1305. https://doi-org.brooklyn.ezproxy.cuny.edu/10.1093/ahr/rhaa383
Discussion Questions
- What role does the state play in managing the lives of children? Consider the various areas in which state has power over family lives (marriage; legitimacy; illegitimacy; property; inheritance; education).
- Discuss the different instances from Latin America, Africa, and the US in which the state makes major interventions in children’s lives. How do they affect children in specific scenarios?
- How can we retrieve children’s voices in history?
- How can age be used as a category of analysis? Think carefully on this conceptual tool.
Work Due
Discussion Board (DB) #7 (350 words) due on Blackboard
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- Reflect on how we can retrieve children’s voices in history. Share suitable examples with your classmates on the Discussion Board.
- How has age been an important conceptual tool for a gendered understanding of childhood?
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