Encounters with Wild Children

Encounters with Wild Children
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Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages : 593
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ISBN-10 : 9780773580855
ISBN-13 : 0773580859
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Encounters with Wild Children by : Adriana S. Benzaquén

Download or read book Encounters with Wild Children written by Adriana S. Benzaquén and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2006-04-05 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through detailed readings of a wide variety of accounts, debates, and representations, Encounters with Wild Children explores the many different meanings these children were given and the varied responses they elicited. Adriana Benzaquén explains why wild children continue to haunt and fascinate Western scientists and shows how the knowledge they have generated in different disciplines, including anthropology, psychology, psychiatry, pedagogy, linguistics, and sociology, has contributed to the shaping and reshaping of the modern understanding of "the child" and affected the social and institutional practices directed at all children in schools, welfare, mental health, and the law.


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