Sociology of Childhood

SOC-3655-50017

Purchase College

  • Semester
    Winter 25/26
  • Instructor
    Danielle George-Lucas
  • Start Date
    12-18-2025
  • Total Credits
    4
  • Call to Register
    914-251-6361

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Considers the ways in which children and childhood differ across cultures, what those cultural differences mean, and what childhood means in a larger developmental and cultural sense. Among other topics, students examine children as active social agents, independent of families, and incorporate ideas around children as products, childhood innocence, and children in need of protection.
Course Area: Sociology
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Dates: 12-18-2025 - 01-16-2026
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Instructor: Danielle George-Lucas
Local Course ID: 25WI_PUR_SOC3655_1
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