| Fast Families, Virtual Children: A Critical Sociology of Families and Schooling Contributor(s): Agger, Ben (Author), Shelton, Beth Anne (Author) |
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ISBN: 1594513406 ISBN-13: 9781594513404 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $66.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2007 Annotation: The Internet, cell phones, and other technologies have changed the ways in which people conduct their family lives, raise children, and navigate the blurry boundary between work and home. Private life is colonized by employers, teachers, corporations; family time is taken up by work, homework, and shopping. What it means to be parents and children has changed dramatically. This book shows how the nurturance of family has increasingly become a willful, radical idea in an era of pervasive technology. The authors analyze important trends, including the acceleration and attenuation of childhood, and offer a children??'s bill of rights and accompanying parental responsibilities. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Family & Relationships |
| Dewey: 306.870 |
| LCCN: 2006039048 |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 6.21" W x 8.87" (0.61 lbs) 196 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Internet, cell phones, and other technologies have changed the ways in which people conduct their family lives, raise children, and navigate the blurry boundary between work and home. Private life is colonized by employers, teachers, corporations; family time is taken up by work, homework, and shopping. What it means to be parents and children has changed dramatically. This book shows how the nurturance of family has increasingly become a willful, radical idea in an era of pervasive technology. The authors analyze important trends, including the acceleration and attenuation of childhood, and offer a children s bill of rights and accompanying parental responsibilities." |