TY  - BOOK
AU  - Richard T. Johnson
PY  - 2021
CY  - New York, United States of America
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 1091-8590
TI  - Hands Off!
T2  - The Disappearance of Touch in the Care of Children
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1090825
N2  - «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.
KW  - moral panic, sexuality, identity
LA  - English
ER  -