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Body Work: Childhood, gender and school health education in England, 1870—1977

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posted on 2010-07-19, 14:17 authored by Jane Pilcher
This article focuses on a neglected topic in the historical sociology of childhood, namely health education, and explores a neglected theme, namely the gendered character of (re)constructions of childhood. Drawing on primary sources, the article argues that while health education for children played an important role in a broader set of British national, political strategies to ensure the health and fitness of `the Nation' during the 20th century, it was girls who were the primary targets and recipients. Gender was thus central to the `body work' in childhood that the official publications on health education sought to promote.

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Childhood, 2007, 14 (2), pp. 215-233.

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Childhood

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SAGE Publications

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0907-5682

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2007

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2010-07-19

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http://chd.sagepub.com/content/14/2/215

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en

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