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Hands Off!: The Disappearance of Touch in the Care of Children

Contributor(s): McWilliam, Erica (Editor), Johnson, Richard T (Author)

ISBN: 9780820439839

Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers

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Pub Date: February 25, 2000

Dewey: 372.11023

LCCN: 98003317

Lexile Code: 1490

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.00" H x 0.00" L x 0.00" W ( 0.00 lbs) 126 pages

Series: Eruptions: New Feminism Across the Disciplines

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Description: «No touch» policies, where caregivers, teachers, and other child workers are being informed they cannot touch children in their care, are growing in popularity, Hands Off! critically engages «no touch» by sharing related stories from the field, stories that validate the popularity of «no touch.» «No touch» is presented and interrogated as a moral panic prevalent throughout our society. In an attempt to reframe «no touch, » sexuality is considered when evaluating child identity and the role of the caregivers.

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