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At Play in Belfast: Children's Folklore and Identities in Northern Ireland (The Rutgers Series In Childhood Studies)
Donna M. Lanclos
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Description for At Play in Belfast: Children's Folklore and Identities in Northern Ireland (The Rutgers Series In Childhood Studies)
Paperback. Writing about children on the school playgrounds of working-class Belfast, Northern Ireland, Donna M. Lanclos uses their own words to show how they shape their social identities. She explores their ideas about gender, family, adult-child interactions, and Protestant/Catholic tensions. Editor(s): Bluebond-Langner, Myra. Series: Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; HRAM9; JFFE; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 345.
Donna M. Lanclos writes about children on the school playgrounds of working-class Belfast, Northern Ireland, using their own words to show how they shape their social identities. The notion that children's voices and perspectives must be included in a work about childhood is central to the book. Lanclos explores children's folklore, including skipping rhymes, clapping games, and "dirty" jokes, from five Belfast primary schools (two Protestant, two Catholic, and one mixed). She listens for what she can learn about gender, family, adult-child interactions, and Protestant/Catholic tensions. Lanclos frequently notes violent themes in the folklore and conversations that indicate children are aware of the reality in which they live. But at the same time, children resist being marginalized by adults who try to shield them from this reality.
For Lanclos, children's experiences stimulate discussions about culture and society. In her words, "Children's everyday lives are more than just preparation for their futures, but are life itself."
At Play in Belfast is a volume in the Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies, edited by Myra Bluebond-Langner.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Series
Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813533223
SKU
V9780813533223
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About Donna M. Lanclos
Donna M. Lanclos is an anthropologist and folklorist.
Reviews for At Play in Belfast: Children's Folklore and Identities in Northern Ireland (The Rutgers Series In Childhood Studies)
We are so used to hearing about the terrible effects upon children of ongoing tragedies like Northern IrelandÆs æTroublesÆ that it revives the readerÆs spirit to see someone like Lanclos actually spend time with children and find in their folklore evidence of the childrenÆs resilience. The children in these pages use their folklore to take some power in their circumstances, demonstrating that they are not passive victims of violence and sectarianism.
Jay Mechling
American studies, University of California, Davis
We are so used to hearing about the terrible effects upon children of ongoing tragedies like Northern IrelandÆs æTroublesÆ that it revives the readerÆs spirit to see someone like Lanclos actually spend time with children and find in their folklore evidence of the childrenÆs resilience. The children in these pages use their folklore to take some power in their circumstances, demonstrating that they are not passive victims of violence and sectarianism.
Jay Mechling
American studies, University of California, Davis
Jay Mechling
American studies, University of California, Davis
We are so used to hearing about the terrible effects upon children of ongoing tragedies like Northern IrelandÆs æTroublesÆ that it revives the readerÆs spirit to see someone like Lanclos actually spend time with children and find in their folklore evidence of the childrenÆs resilience. The children in these pages use their folklore to take some power in their circumstances, demonstrating that they are not passive victims of violence and sectarianism.
Jay Mechling
American studies, University of California, Davis