Competing meanings of childhood and the social construction of child sexual abuse in the Caribbean

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dc.contributor.authorPasura, D., Jones, A., Hafner, J. A., Maharaj, P. E., Nathaniel¬-DeCaires, K., & Johnson, E. J.
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-12T16:37:30Z
dc.date.available2016-12-12T16:37:30Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThis article examines the dynamic interplay between competing meanings of childhood and the social construction of sexual abuse in the Caribbean. Drawing on qualitative data from a study undertaken in six Caribbean countries, the article suggests that Caribbean childhoods are neither wholly global nor local but hybrid creations of the region’s complex historical, social and cultural specificities, real or imagined. As childhood is a concept that lies at the intersection of multiple frames of reference, context-specific definitions of childhood – what it means to be a child – have a direct impact on the way in which the issue of child sexual abuse is constructed and understood.en_US
dc.identifier.citationPasura, D., Jones, A., Hafner, J. A., Maharaj, P. E., Nathaniel¬-DeCaires, K., & Johnson, E. J. (2013). Competing meanings of childhood and the social construction of child sexual abuse in the Caribbean. Childhood: A journal of global child research, 20 (2),200¬-214en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://eprints.hud.ac.uk/15488/1/Competing_meanings_of_childhood_and_the_social_construction_of_sexual_abuse_in_the_Caribbean.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/3096
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherChildhood: A journal of global child researchen_US
dc.subjectsocial constructionen_US
dc.subjectchild sexual abuseen_US
dc.subjectCaribbean childhoodsen_US
dc.subjectqualitative researchen_US
dc.titleCompeting meanings of childhood and the social construction of child sexual abuse in the Caribbeanen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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