Woodhouse Hidden in Plain Sight

The Tragedy of Children's Rights from Ben Franklin to Lionel Tate
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-2965-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 8, 384 Seiten

Reihe: The Public Square

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Woodhouse, Barbara Bennett

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Kinder- und Jugendsoziologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Illustrations ix

Foreword by Ruth O'Brien xi

Preface xv

Introduction: Ain't I a Person? 1

Chapter 1: How to Think about Childhood 15

Chapter 2: How to Think about Children's Rights 29

Part 1: The Privacy Principle: Stories of Bondage and Belonging

Chapter 3: Boys in Slavery and Servitude: Frederick Douglass 51

Chapter 4: Girls at the Intersection of Age, Race, and Gender: Dred Scott's Daughters 75

Chapter 5: Growing Up in State Custody: "Tony" and "John G." 93

Part 2: The Agency Principle: Stories of Voice and Participation

Chapter 6: The Printer's Apprentice: Ben Franklin and Youth Speech 111

Chapter 7: Youth in the Civil Rights Movement: John Lewis and Sheyann Webb 133

Part 3: The Equality Principle: Stories of Equal Opportunity

Chapter 8: Old Maids and Little Women: Louisa Alcott and William Cather 159

Chapter 9: Breaking the Prison of Disability: Helen Keller and the Children of "Greenhaven" 180

Part 4: The Dignity Principle: Stories of Resistance and Resilience

Chapter 10: Hide and Survive: Anne Frank and "Liu" 213

Chapter 11: Children at Work: Newsboys, Entrepreneurs, and "Evelyn" 234

Part 5: The Protection Principle: Stories of Guilt and Innocence

Chapter 12: Telling the Scariest Secrets: Maya Angelou and "Jeannie" 259

Chapter 13: Age and the Idea of Innocence: "Amal" and Lionel Tate 279

CONCLUSION: The Future of Rights 304

Notes 315

Bibliography 337

Index 349

Über Autor(innen)

Barbara Bennett Woodhouse is the L.Q.C. Lamar Professor of Law and codirector of the Barton Child Law and Policy Clinic at Emory Law School. She is also the David H. Levin Chair Emeritus in Family Law at the University of Florida.