'They don't like girls hanging around there': conflicts over recreational space in rural Northamptonshire

This paper provides new insights into girls' use of recreational spaces within rural areas. We draw upon data from in-depth discussion work with 10–14 year old girls undertaken in rural Northamptonshire to show how conflict between adults and children, rival groups of children, and boys and girls influences the social ownership of recreational spaces. In contrast to the rural childhood myth, we disclose geographies of anxiety, tension anddisharmony.     

“流连光景惜朱颜”--宋词中的人生况味及其与歌妓的关系

宋词中大量存在的伤春悲秋词 ,隐含着深沉的人生况味 ,其实质是对人生易逝、好景不长的叹息 ,是人生意识的觉醒。而歌妓在宋人人生的得意与失意中都扮演了重要角色。由这些与歌妓密切相关的词作可了解宋代士人文化精神中的另一面