Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

All Outputs (5)

Changing childhood in Saudi Arabia : a historical comparative study of three female generations (2001)
Thesis
Khalifa, H. K. (2001). Changing childhood in Saudi Arabia : a historical comparative study of three female generations. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4212281

This study initially aimed to look at children's literature, an idea inspired by three factors: 1) Debates about the need to introduce Arabic heritage to children in contemporary Arab societies, including literature. 2) Discussions regarding the... Read More about Changing childhood in Saudi Arabia : a historical comparative study of three female generations.

Childhood embodiment : an ethnography of SEN provision. (2000)
Thesis
Simpson, B. (. M. (2000). Childhood embodiment : an ethnography of SEN provision. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4211257

This thesis explores the experiences of a group of children with a range of special educational needs within two mainstream schools, using a variety of ethnographic methods. The thesis is sited within the relatively new paradigm of the social study o... Read More about Childhood embodiment : an ethnography of SEN provision..

Towards an anthropology of childhood sickness : an ethnographic study of Danish schoolchildren (1999)
Thesis
Christensen, P. H. (1999). Towards an anthropology of childhood sickness : an ethnographic study of Danish schoolchildren. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4210622

This thesis is an analytical ethnography of children, aged between six and twelve, who live in Vanlose, a local district of Copenhagen, Denmark. The data were produced during fourteen months of fieldwork in the children's homes, their local school an... Read More about Towards an anthropology of childhood sickness : an ethnographic study of Danish schoolchildren.

Questioning video game use : an exploration of the spatial and gender aspects of children's leisure (1998)
Thesis
McNamee, S. A. (1998). Questioning video game use : an exploration of the spatial and gender aspects of children's leisure. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218972

This thesis explores the gendered and spatial aspects of children's leisure through an examination of the ownership and use of computer and video games. The study used a mix of quantitative and qualitative methods involving a questionnaire survey de... Read More about Questioning video game use : an exploration of the spatial and gender aspects of children's leisure.