Demuth2021

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Demuth2021
BibType INCOLLECTION
Key Demuth2021
Author(s) Carolin Demuth
Title Managing accountability of children's bodily conduct: Embodied discursive practices in preschool
Editor(s) Sally Wiggins, Karin Osvaldsson Cromdal
Tag(s) EMCA, Discursive Psychology
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
Year 2021
Language English
City Cham
Month
Journal
Volume
Number
Pages 81–111
URL Link
DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-53709-8_4
ISBN
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Institution
School
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Edition
Series Discursive Psychology
Howpublished
Book title Discursive Psychology and Embodiment: Beyond Subject-Object Binaries
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Abstract

This chapter contributes to the further development of Discursive Psychology by examining how children are socialized towards culturally appropriate ways of bodily conduct in preschool settings in India. The study considers how embodied resources are used in parallel with verbal discourse and how children's bodies are treated as accountable objects in teacher-child interactions. The findings demonstrate that the teacher draws on a variety of overt behavior management practices but also on more subtle actions that give children a second chance to comply. The examples show how the teacher orients to children's agency and intentionality, and how embodied resources may serve as an upgrade of discursive resources. Finally, the chapter discusses how these practices can be seen in the wider cultural context of socialization ideologies.

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