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A country called childhood : children and the exuberant world / Jay Griffiths.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint, [2014]Description: x, 417 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1619024292 (hardcover)
  • 9781619024298 (hardcover)
Subject(s):
Contents:
Kith -- Enclosure Ltd -- The patron saint of childhood -- By the Mark, Twain! -- Textures of tenderness -- Milk in the ink -- A ludic revolution (and a doodle) -- A clockwork child -- The will of the wild -- The fractal politics of childhood -- Who owns a child? -- On the character fault of exuberance -- Mirrors of the mind -- The quest -- The ship that goes as well on land as on water -- Eureka! -- The secret world of a child's soul -- To affinity ... and beyond!
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 305.23 G855 Available 33111007939867
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

While traveling the world in order to write her award winning book Wild , Jay Griffiths became increasingly aware of the huge differences in how childhood is experienced in various cultures. One central riddle, in particular captured her imagination: why are so many children in Euro-American cultures unhappy - and why is it that children in traditional cultures seem happier?



In A Country Called Childhood , Griffiths seeks to discover why we deny our children the freedoms of space, time and the natural world. Visiting communities as far apart as West Papua and the Arctic as well as the UK, and delving into history, philosophy, language and literature, she explores how children's affinity for nature is an essential and universal element of childhood. It is a journey deep into the heart of what it means to be a child, and it is central to all our experiences, young and old.

"First published 2013 in Great Britain by Hamish Hamilton, part of the Penguin Group, UK"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-398) and index.

Kith -- Enclosure Ltd -- The patron saint of childhood -- By the Mark, Twain! -- Textures of tenderness -- Milk in the ink -- A ludic revolution (and a doodle) -- A clockwork child -- The will of the wild -- The fractal politics of childhood -- Who owns a child? -- On the character fault of exuberance -- Mirrors of the mind -- The quest -- The ship that goes as well on land as on water -- Eureka! -- The secret world of a child's soul -- To affinity ... and beyond!

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