S. Balagopalan
Palgrave Macmillan UK
e druk, 2014
9780230296428
Inhabiting 'Childhood': Children, Labour and Schooling in Postcolonial India
Specificaties
Gebonden, blz.
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Engels
Palgrave Macmillan UK |
2014
ISBN13: 9780230296428
Rubricering
Levertijd ongeveer 9 werkdagen
Gratis verzonden
Samenvatting
Through a rich ethnography of street and working children in Calcutta, India, this book offers the first sustained enquiry into postcolonial childhoods, arguing that the lingering effects of colonialism are central to comprehending why these children struggle to inhabit the transition from labour to schooling.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9780230296428
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan UK
Hoofdrubriek:Mens en maatschappij
Inhoudsopgave
1. Introduction 2. Re-Forming Lives: The Child on the Street and the 'Street Child' 3. Sedimenting Labour Through Schooling: Colonial State, Native Elite and Working Children in Early Twentieth Century India 4. Memories of Tomorrow: On Children, Labour and Postcolonial 'Development' 5. The Politics of Failure: Children's Rights and the 'Call of the Other' 6. 'A Magic Wand': Reading the Promise of the 'Right to Education' against the Lives of Working Children 7. Conclusion: Growing Up, Moving On...
