Feminism and the politics of childhood - Rachel Rosen

Feminism and the Politics of Childhoodoffers an innovative and critical exploration of perceived commonalities and conflicts between women and children and, more broadly, between various forms of feminism and the politics of childhood. This unique collection of 18 chapters brings into dialogue authors from a range of geographical contexts, social science disciplines, activist organisations, and theoretical perspectives. The wide variety of subjects include refugee camps, care labour, domestic violence and childcare and education.

Chapterauthors focus on local contexts as well as their global interconnections, anddraw on diverse theoretical traditions such as poststructuralism,psychoanalysis, posthumanism, postcolonialism, political economy, and theethics of care. Together the contributions offer new ways to conceptualiserelations between women and children, and to address injustices faced by bothgroups.