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Small Wars: The Cultural Politics of Childhood
Nancy Scheper-Hughes (Ed.)
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Description for Small Wars: The Cultural Politics of Childhood
Paperback. Contains a series of essays that demonstrate how, at the close of the twentieth century, the world's children are affected by global political-economic structures and by everyday practices embedded in the micro-level interactions of local cultures. Editor(s): Scheper-Hughes, Nancy; Sargent, Carolyn. Num Pages: 464 pages, 20 black-and-white photos, 20 tables, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 188 x 33. Weight in Grams: 590.
"Small Wars" gathers together a hard-hitting series of essays that demonstrate how, at the close of the twentieth century, the world's children are affected by global political-economic structures and by everyday practices embedded in the micro-level interactions of local cultures. Perceived as avenging spirits of aborted fetuses in Japan; as obstacles to, or desired commodities of, narcissistic adult fulfillment in North America; as foot soldiers cast onto the paths of drug wars in Spanish Harlem and ethnic wars in the former Yugoslavia; and as 'street kids' and public enemies of the middle classes in Brazil, children - these authors suggest ... Read more
"Small Wars" gathers together a hard-hitting series of essays that demonstrate how, at the close of the twentieth century, the world's children are affected by global political-economic structures and by everyday practices embedded in the micro-level interactions of local cultures. Perceived as avenging spirits of aborted fetuses in Japan; as obstacles to, or desired commodities of, narcissistic adult fulfillment in North America; as foot soldiers cast onto the paths of drug wars in Spanish Harlem and ethnic wars in the former Yugoslavia; and as 'street kids' and public enemies of the middle classes in Brazil, children - these authors suggest ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520209183
SKU
V9780520209183
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About Nancy Scheper-Hughes (Ed.)
Nancy Scheper-Hughes is Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. Her many publications include two award-winning books published by California, Death Without Weeping (1992), and Saints, Scholars, and Schizophrenics (1979). Carolyn Sargent, author of Maternity, Medicine, and Power (California, 1989) and coeditor with Robbie Davis-Floyd of Childbirth and Authoritative Knowledge (California, 1997), is ... Read more
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