Constructing the Sick Child
The Cultural Politics of Children's Hospitals
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3951239 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Allison James (0000-0003-4570-6595, University of Sheffield), Penny Curtis (University of Sheffield) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 754-772 |
| Publication date | 2012-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0261 • E-ISSN: 1467-954X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-954x.2012.02132.x |
| OpenAlex | W2151256665 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 23 |
Drawing on an ESRC funded study of children's experiences of hospital space this article explores the cultural politics of contemporary English childhood. Using the words and commentaries provided by both children and young people, the article argues that although, as patients, children and young people share the same hospital spaces, their experiences of them are quite different. Through mundane material and symbolic practices, a number of experiential continuities are created for the youngest children between life in hospital and life at home, continuities that work to downplay their identities as children who are sick. For young people, however, these practices are more problematic since the discourses of childhood that are recreated have little resonance with young people's own experiences and sense of self and identity. Thus this article provides evidence of the need for a more nuanced understanding of not only young people's needs in relation to hospital services, but also of the significance of understanding the ways in which particular constructions of 'the child' and 'childhood' are threaded through public discourses and come to be realized in institutional settings
Aesthetics · Epistemology · Experiential knowledge · Identity (music) · Political science · Politics · Relation (database) · Sick child · Sociology · Children's Rights and Participation · Early Childhood Education and Development · Gender Studies · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Medicine · Pediatrics
Constructing Childhood
Children's Geographies
Childhood
Deconstructing Developmental Psychology
The Child in Question
The Private Worlds of Dying Children
Pricing the priceless child
The Sexual Exploitation of Children
Social Identities across the Life Course
Research With Children
Talking about pictures
Social Identity
Hospitals, children and their families
Places for Children - Children's Places
Methodological Immaturity in Childhood Research
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,46 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2025 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |