Corcoran, Mary, Peillon, Michel and Gray, Jane (2009) Making Space for Sociability: How Children Animate the Public Realm in Suburbia. Nature and Culture, 4 (1). pp. 35-56.
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Abstract
This article aims to demonstrate the significant role children play in new
suburban communities, and in particular, the extent to which their circuits
of sociability contribute to social cohesion in the suburbs. The discussion is
located within the field of sociology of childhood, which argues that children
are active agents who help to create and sustain social bonds within
their neighborhoods. Drawing on focus group discussions and short essays
by children on “The place where I live,” we paint a picture of how suburban
life is interpreted and experienced from a child’s perspective. We argue that
children develop a particular suburban sensibility that structures their view
of their estate, the wider neighborhood, and the metropolitan core. Although
children express considerable degrees of satisfaction with suburban life,
they are critical of the forces that increasingly limit their access to suburban
public space.
Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | anti-urban ideology, children, neighborhood, public space, sociability |
Academic Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology |
Item ID: | 1207 |
Depositing User: | Prof. Mary Corcoran |
Date Deposited: | 23 Jan 2009 16:03 |
Journal or Publication Title: | Nature and Culture |
Refereed: | Yes |
URI: | https://mu.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/1207 |
Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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