This book’s unifying theme, 'The child in question,' emerges from an assertation that childhood has boundaries far more elastic than can be held by the familiar notion of the innocent child developing toward a heteronormative future. The title pays homage to the work of sociologist, Diana Gittins, who, over twenty years ago, asked how the shifting meanings of children and childhood impact the lives of children. The contributions of this book examine contemporary educational policy and practice, curriculum material, literary and visual representations, and teacher narratives to further probe how and why it matters that childhood, as a concept and experience, remains as multiple and elusive as ever. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the journal, Curriculum Inquiry.

Julie C. Garlen is an Associate Professor of Childhood and Youth Studies at Carleton University.
Lisa Farley is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at York University in Toronto, Ontario.

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