Chris Jenks is Professor of Sociology and Pro-Vice-Chancellor at Brunel University. He has written numerous books on culture, sociology and childhood. He is interested in sociological theory, post-structuralism and heterology, childhood, cultural theory, visual and urban culture, and extremes of behaviour.

• Chapter 1. Constituting Childhood Chapter 2. The Conceptual Limitations of a Sociological Approach to Childhood Chapter 3. The Birth of Childhood Chapter 4. The Abuse of Childhood Chapter 5. The Strange Death of Childhood Postscript

Chris Jenks is Professor of Sociology and Pro-Vice-Chancellor at Brunel University. He has written numerous books on culture, sociology and childhood. He is interested in sociological theory, post-structuralism and heterology, childhood, cultural theory, visual and urban culture, and extremes of behaviour.

• Chapter 1. Constituting Childhood Chapter 2. The Conceptual Limitations of a Sociological Approach to Childhood Chapter 3. The Birth of Childhood Chapter 4. The Abuse of Childhood Chapter 5. The Strange Death of Childhood Postscript

Chris Jenks is Professor of Sociology and Pro-Vice-Chancellor at Brunel University. He has written numerous books on culture, sociology and childhood. He is interested in sociological theory, post-structuralism and heterology, childhood, cultural theory, visual and urban culture, and extremes of behaviour.

• Chapter 1. Constituting Childhood Chapter 2. The Conceptual Limitations of a Sociological Approach to Childhood Chapter 3. The Birth of Childhood Chapter 4. The Abuse of Childhood Chapter 5. The Strange Death of Childhood Postscript