Shetty B. Orne, Nicholas T.Dicks, Goof Eley
CHILDREN AND THE POLITICS
OF CULTURE
Sharon Stephens, Editor
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Contents
Proce
Jasroduetion
(Cites and the Plies of Cure in “Late Capieima®
‘Sharon Sepbens
PART ONE: CHILDREN AND CHILDHOODS AT RISK,
IN THE "NEW WORLD ORDER?
Chapter One
“The Child at Laborer and Cossumer:‘The Disappeseance of
CChildnaod in Contemporary Japa
Norms Fld
Chapter Two
iaye You Seen Me? Recovering the Taner Child in hate
‘Twentich Century Ameice
Marty oy
‘Chapter Three
(Care's Rights in a Free Market Cle
Mary Job
PART TWO: CHILD:
‘AND THE STATE
Chapter Four
(Children inthe Examination Wat in South Korea: A
Galtural Analy
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Chapter Five
(Children’s Stories and the Suate in New Order Indonesia
Saye 5. Shiva
Chapter Six
CCilieen, Population Poy, andthe Staten Singapore
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1sINTRODUCTION
Children and the Politics of Culture in
“Late Capitalism”
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ites expeiance their ection to “eaiional ealtaes” fr rinowet
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