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A Country Called Childhood: Children and the Exuberant World

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Availability:In StockContributor:Jay GriffithsPublish date:11/10/2015Pages:432
Language:EnglishPublisher:CatapultISBN-13:9781619025844ISBN-10:1619025841UPC:9781619025844Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Children's StudiesSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCE24NA46P
While traveling the world in order to write her award winning book Wild, Jay Griffiths became increasingly aware of the huge differences in how childhood is experienced in various cultures. One central riddle, in particular captured her imagination: why are so many children in Euro-American cultures unhappy - and why is it that children in traditional cultures seem happier?


In A Country Called Childhood, Griffiths seeks to discover why we deny our children the freedoms of space, time and the natural world. Visiting communities as far apart as West Papua and the Arctic as well as the UK, and delving into history, philosophy, language and literature, she explores how children's affinity for nature is an essential and universal element of childhood. It is a journey deep into the heart of what it means to be a child, and it is central to all our experiences, young and old.
Language:EnglishPublisher:CatapultISBN-13:9781619025844ISBN-10:1619025841UPC:9781619025844Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Children's StudiesSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCE24NA46P
Jay Griffiths is the author of Pip Pip: A Sideways Look at Time, Wild: An Elemental Journey, and Love Letter from a Stray Moon, a novella about the life of Frida Kahlo. She is the winner of the inaugural Orion Book Award and of the Barnes & Noble Discover Award for the best new non-fiction writer to be published in the USA. She grew up in England and now lives in Wales.
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