'Beings in their own right'? Exploring children and young people's sibling and twin relationships in the Minority World
'Beings in their own right'? Exploring children and young people's sibling and twin relationships in the Minority World
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“存在本身的权利”?
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10.1080/14733285.2012.693380
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2012
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Bacon K
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Bacon K
This chapter examines the contributions that the sociological study of sibship and twinship in the Minority World can make to childhood studies. It argues that, in providing one forum within which to explore children and young people's social relationships, we can add to our understanding of children and young people's interdependence and develop a more nuanced understanding of agency. As emergent subjects, children, young people and adults are in a process of becoming'. However, this does not mean that they can become' anything they choose to. The notion of negotiated interdependenceis useful in helping us to grasp the contingent nature of children and young people's agency. Reflecting the location of my own empirical research, the focus of the paper is mainly on research undertaken in the Minority World with comparisons being made with Majority World contexts.