Gender and sexuality are often problematically considered to be irrelevant to very young children. This Handbook surveys, challenges and advances the theories, research approaches, and practices around gender and sexuality in the early years and foregrounds early childhood as a crucial site for constructions and deconstructions around gender and sexuality. The Handbook features chapters by leading academics, practitioners, and policy makers based in Australia, Canada, India, Indonesia, South Africa, the UK and the USA. It covers a range of key critical theories, methods and practices including engagements with post-developmentalism, feminist, Black feminist, queer and trans theories, intersections with indigeneity, race, and class, ethnography, action research, care ethics, and sexual health. The Handbook illuminates the importance of attending to gender and sexuality in the early childhood across various sites, including in the classroom, at home, in policy, and more.
| ISBN: | 9781350427860 |
| Publication date: | 24th December 2026 |
| Author: | Jessica Prioletta, Adam Davies, Kylie Smith |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 368 pages |
| Series: | Bloomsbury Handbooks |
| Genres: |
Early childhood care and education |
Gender and sexuality are often problematically considered to be irrelevant to very young children. This Handbook surveys, challenges and advances the theories, research approaches, and practices around gender and sexuality in the early years and foregrounds early childhood as a crucial site for constructions and deconstructions around gender and sexuality. The Handbook features chapters by leading academics, practitioners, and policy makers based in Australia, Canada, India, Indonesia, South Africa, the UK and the USA. It covers a range of key critical theories, methods and practices including engagements with post-developmentalism, feminist, Black feminist, queer and trans theories, intersections with indigeneity, race, and class, ethnography, action research, care ethics, and sexual health. The Handbook illuminates the importance of attending to gender and sexuality in the early childhood across various sites, including in the classroom, at home, in policy, and more.
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Gender and Sexuality in Early Childhood features in the following genres: Early childhood care and education
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Gender and Sexuality in Early Childhood is available in Paperback, Hardback
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Gender and Sexuality in Early Childhood was written by Jessica Prioletta, Adam Davies, Kylie Smith and published by Bloomsbury Academic an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Gender and Sexuality in Early Childhood has 368 pages
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