Year: 2001
Type: article
Abstract: The article presents and critiques a body of sociological work regarding “poor children” in France in the light of works published under the banner of a “sociology of childhood”. The works about children in poverty proliferated in France at the beginning of the 1990’s, gathered around the theme of “poor children”. We seek to explain their recent genesis and news. While their interest is undeniable, these works present, in our view, some limitations: they tend to disappear behind the adult to come, focusing almost exclusively on its condition of poverty, which has as a corollary to hide many aspects of the lives of these children. A critical reading of these texts, revealing blind spots, paves the way for a renewed sociological approach to childhood poverty.
Source: Sociétés contemporaines
Author: Michel Bozon
Language: French
Topic: Gender and Feminist Studies
Subfield: Gender Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: No poverty
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1990228038