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The history of children in Australia: an interdisciplinary historiography
Citation
Pascoe Leahy, C, The history of children in Australia: an interdisciplinary historiography, History Compass, 8, (10) pp. 1142-1164. ISSN 1478-0542 (2010) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2010 The Author Copyright 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
DOI: doi:10.1111/j.1478-0542.2010.00710.x
Abstract
Children have long been shadowy or forgotten figures within historical narratives. It was not until the second half of the twentieth century that a critical historiography of children and childhood emerged. In the Australian context, histories of young people were not published until the 1980s. Whilst the historiography of the child is now a burgeoning field, it has been haunted by two major challenges: a lack of sources authored by children themselves; and a tendency amongst adult scholars to romanticise children. This article situates the Australian historiography of children within an international context. Given the difficulties of reconstructing the lives of children in the past, it argues for an interdisciplinary approach, drawing upon the insights of folklore, material culture, geography and oral history.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | history, historiography, children, childhood, Australia |
Research Division: | History, Heritage and Archaeology |
Research Group: | Historical studies |
Research Field: | Australian history |
Objective Division: | Culture and Society |
Objective Group: | Understanding past societies |
Objective Field: | Understanding Australia's past |
UTAS Author: | Pascoe Leahy, C (Dr Carla Pascoe Leahy) |
ID Code: | 148743 |
Year Published: | 2010 |
Deposited By: | History and Classics |
Deposited On: | 2022-02-04 |
Last Modified: | 2022-03-30 |
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