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Heather Montgomery

Reader (Anthropology of Childhood)

The Open University Faculty of Education and Language Studies Centre for Childhood, Development and Learning


Profile

Research interests: The anthropology of children and childhood; representations of childhood; the history of childhood; kinship and parenthood; children and sexuality; children and violence; children's rights.

Teaching Interests

U212 Childhood 0-18.
W100 Rules, rights and responsibilities.

KE308 Youth: Perspectives and Practice.

EK310 Research with Children and Young People.

U3XXX Children’s literature.

Research Interests

The anthropology of children and childhood; respresentations of childhood; the history of childhood; kinship and parenthood; children and sexuality; children and violence; children's rights.

Publications

Authored Book
Montgomery, Heather (2008). An introduction to childhood: Anthropological perspectives on children's lives. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.
Woodhead, Martin and Montgomery, Heather (2002). Understanding childhood: an interdisciplinary approach. Wiley.
Montgomery, Heather (2001). Modern Babylon?: Prostituting children in Thailand. Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality, 2. Oxford, UK: Berghahn Books.
Book Chapter
Montgomery, Heather (2012). Prevailing voices in debates over child prostitution. In: Dewey, Susan and Kelly, Patty eds. Prevailing voices in debates over child prostitution. New York: New York University Press, pp. 146–159.
Montgomery, Heather (2010). Child Sex Tourism: Is extra-territorial legislation the answer? In: Botterill, David and Jones, Trevor eds. Tourism and Crime: Key Themes. Oxford, U.K.: Goodfellow Publishing.
Montgomery, Heather (2010). The rights of the child: Rightfully mine! In: Kassem, Derek; Murphy, Lisa and Taylor, Elizabeth eds. Key Issues in Childhood and Youth Studies. London: Routledge, pp. 149–158.
Montgomery, Heather (2010). Learning gender roles. In: Lancy, David F.; Bock, John and Gaskins, Suzanne eds. The Anthropology of Learning in Childhood. Lanham: Alta-Mira Press, pp. 287–308.
Montgomery, Heather (2010). Introduction: Childhood and violence in the Western tradition. In: Brockliss, Laurence and Montgomery, Heather eds. Children, violence and the western tradition. Childhood in Archaeology Monograph (1). Oxford, U.K.: Oxbow Books.
Montgomery, Heather (2010). Unwanted children and adoption in England. In: Brockliss, Laurence and Montgomery, Heather eds. Childhood and Violence in the Western Tradition. Childhood in Archaeology Monograph (1). Oxford, U.K.: Oxbow Books.
Montgomery, Heather (2009). Childhood. In: Barnard, Alan and Spencer, Jonathan eds. Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology. London, UK: Routledge.
Montgomery, Heather (2009). The purposes of children's literature. In: Maybin, Janet and Watson, Nicola J. eds. Children's Literature: Approaches and Territories. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Montgomery, Heather (2009). Children and families in an international context. In: Montgomery, Heather and Kellett, Mary eds. Children and Young People's Worlds: Developing Frameworks for Integrated Practice. Bristol: Policy Press, pp. 77–89.
Montgomery, Heather (2009). Children, young people and poverty. In: Montgomery, Heather and Kellett, Mary eds. Children and Young People's Worlds: Developing Frameworks for Integrated Practice. Bristol: Policy Press, pp. 165–180.
Montgomery, Heather (2009). What constitutes transgressive sex? The case of child prostitution in Thailand. In: Donnan, Hastings and Magowan, Fiona eds. Transgressive Sex: Subversion and Control in Erotic Encounters. Volume 13, Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality. Oxford, UK: Berghahn, pp. 191–210.
Kehily, M and Montgomery, H (2008). Innocence and experience revisited. In: Kehily, M ed. An Introduction to Childhood Studies, 2nd Edition. Maidenhead: The Open University Press.
Montgomery, Heather (2007). Child sexual abuse: an Anthropological perspective. In: Rousseau, George ed. Children and Sexuality: The Greeks to the Great War. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 319–347.
Montgomery, Heather (2007). Participation. In: Robb, Martin ed. Youth in Context: Frameworks, Settings and Encounters. UK: Sage, pp. 89–120.
Montgomery, Heather (2007). A comparative perspective. In: Kehily, Mary Jane ed. Understanding Youth: Perspectives, Identities and Practices. London: Sage/Open University, pp. 45–72.
Montgomery, Heather (2007). Moving. In: Kehily, Mary Jane ed. Understanding Youth: Perspectives, Identities and Practices. London: Sage.
Montgomery, Heather (2007). Child sexual abuse: The view from anthropology. In: Rousseau, George ed. Children and Sexuality: The Greeks to the Great War. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Montgomery, Heather (2006). Child prostitution. In: Hope Ditmore, Melissa ed. Encyclopedia of Prostitution and Sex Work. Greenwood Press.
Kehily, Mary and Montgomery, Heather (2004). Innocence and experience: a historical approach to childhood and sexuality. In: Kehily, Mary Jane ed. An Introduction to childhood studies. UK: Open University Press/McGraw-Hill, pp. 57–74.
Kehily, Mary Jane and Montgomery, Heather (2004). Innocence and experience: a historical approach to childhood and sexuality. In: Kehily, M.J. ed. An Introduction to Childhood Studies. Maidenhead: Open University Press/McGraw Hill.
Woodhead, Martin; Burr, Rachel and Montgomery, Heather (2003). Adversities and resilience. In: Montgomery, Heather; Burr, Rachel and Woodhead, Martin eds. Changing Childhoods: Local and Global. Chichester: Wiley/Open University.
Montgomery, Heather (2003). Children and violence. In: Montgomery, Heather; Burr, Rachel and Woodhead, Martin eds. Changing Childhoods: Local and Global. Chichester: Wiley.
Montgomery, Heather (2003). Intervening in children's lives. In: Montgomery, Heather; Burr, Rachel and Woodhead, Martin eds. Changing Childhoods: Local and Global. Chichester: Wiley.
Montgomery, Heather and Burr, Rachel (2003). Children, poverty and social inequality. In: Montgomery, Heather; Burr, Rachel and Woodhead, Martin eds. Changing Childhoods: Local and Global. Chichester: Wiley.
Burr, Rachel and Montgomery, Heather (2003). Family, kinship and beyond. In: Maybin, Janet and Woodhead, Martin eds. Childhoods in Context. Chichester: Wiley.
Montgomery, Heather (2003). Childhood in time and place. In: Woodhead, Martin and Montgomery, Heather eds. Understanding Childhood: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Childhood (1). Chichester: John Wiley, pp. 45–74.
Woodhead, Martin; Montgomery, Heather and Burr, Rachel (2003). Adversities and resilience. In: Montgomery, Heather; Burr, Rachel and Woodhead, Martin eds. Changing Childhoods: local and global. Childhood (4). Chichester: John Wiley, pp. 1–34.
Burr, Rachel and Montgomery, Heather (2002). Children and rights. In: Woodhead, Martin and Montgomery, Heather eds. Understanding Childhood: an Interdisciplinary Approach. Chichester: Wiley.
Kehily, Mary and Montgomery, Heather (2002). Innocence and experience. In: Woodhead, Martin and Montgomery, Heather eds. Understanding Childhood: an Interdisciplinary Approach. Chichester: Wiley.
Montgomery, Heather (2001). Imposing rights?: A case study of child prostitution in Thailand. In: Cowan, Jane K.; Dembour, Marie-Benedicte and Wilson, Richard A. eds. Culture and rights: anthropological perspectives. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, pp. 80–101.
Montgomery, Heather (2001). Child sex tourism in Thailand. In: Harrison, D. ed. Tourism and the less developed countries: issues and case studies. Wallingford, UK: CABI Publishing.
Montgomery, Heather (2001). Motherhood, fertility and ambivalence among young prostitutes in Thailand. In: Tremayne, Soraya ed. Managing Reproductive Life: Cross Cultural Themes in Sexuality and Fertility. Oxford, UK: Berghahn, pp. 71–84.
Montgomery, Heather (2001). Child Sex Tourists: Myths and Realities’. In: Harrison, David ed. Tourism and the Less Developed World. 2nd edition. UK: Oxford University Press, pp. 191–202.
Journal Article
Montgomery, Heather and Cornock, Marc (2013). Children's bodies: the battleground for their rights? Journal of Commonwealth Law and Legal Education, 9(1), pp. 19–34.
Montgomery, Heather (2011). Defining child trafficking & child prostitution: the case of Thailand. Seattle Journal for Social Justice, 9(2), pp. 775–811.
Cornock, Marc and Montgomery, Heather (2011). Children's rights in and out of the womb. The International Journal of Childrens Rights, 19(1), pp. 3–19.
Montgomery, Heather (2011). Rumours of child trafficking after natural disasters. Fact, fiction or fantasy? Journal of Children and Media, 5(4), pp. 395–410.
Montgomery, Heather (2010). Focusing on the child, not the prostitute: shifting the emphasis in accounts of child prostitution. Wagadu: A Journal of Transnational Women's and Gender Studies, 8 pp. 166–188.
Montgomery, Heather (2010). Re-socialising the child from potential enemy to protected innocent: the early fundraising of the Save the Children Fund. AmS-Skrifter, 23, pp. 137–144.
Cornock, Marc and Montgomery, Heather (2010). Children’s rights in and out of the womb. International Journal of Children’s Rights, 9(1), pp. 3–19.
Montgomery, Heather (2009). Children within anthropology: lessons from the past. Childhood in the Past: An International Journal, 2(1), pp. 3–14.
Montgomery, Heather (2008). Are child prostitutes child workers? A case study. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 29(3/4), pp. 130–140.
Montgomery, Heather (2008). Buying Innocence: Child-sex tourists in Thailand. Third World Quarterly, 29(5), pp. 903–917.
Montgomery, Heather (2007). Working with child prostitutes in Thailand: problems of practice and interpretation. Childhood, 14(4), pp. 415–430.
Montgomery, Heather (2005). Gendered childhoods: a cross disciplinary overview. Gender and Education, 17(5), pp. 471–482.
Montgomery, Heather (2005). Discussion paper in response to 'Dangerous trade-offs: The behavioral ecology of child labor and prostitution in rural northern Thailand' by Lisa Rende Taylor. Current Anthropology, 46(3), pp. 426–427.
Other
Montgomery, Heather; Evans, Roz and De Sas Kropiwnicki, Zosa (2005). Trafficking Women and Children: Overcoming the Illegal Sex Trade. Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford, UK.