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childhood studies  

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  • Childhood studies refers to a reorientation in the interdisciplinary study of children and childhood. The study of children and childhood has a long history in many disciplines, including anthropology, but childhood studies seeks to expand and reorient how the study of children and childhood is conceptualized and approached. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Childhood Studies]

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