Not just a victim : the child as catalyst and witness of contemporary Africa / edited by Sandra J.T.M. Evers, Catrien Notermans and Erik van Ommering.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Evers, Sandra.

Notermans, Catrien, 1966-

Ommering, Erik van.

Series:

Afrika-Studiecentrum series ; v. 20.

Afrika-studiecentrum series ; v. 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children--Africa--Social conditions.

Children.

Children--Africa--Attitudes.

Children--Government policy--Africa.

Ethnology--Africa.

Ethnology.

Children--Government policy.

Social conditions.

Africa.

Physical Description:

vi, 275 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2011]

Summary:

This book's 10 chapters are based on selected papers from a 2008 conference organized by the Netherlands African Studies Association, entitled "African Children in Focus: A Paradigm Shift in Methodology and Theory?" Academics in African and Scandinavian countries argue for an anthropology of children in which children's own perceptions are at the center of analysis. Contributors use nontraditional ethnographic research methods to explore the roles and experiences of children in Africa and the strategies they develop to cope with difficult circumstances. Child-headed households, children orphaned by AIDS in North-Central Namibia, and perceptions of kinship and family history among Chagossian children in Mauritius are some of the subjects considered. The book is illustrated with b&w photos and drawings by children. Evers is affiliated with the department of social and cultural anthropology at VU University Amsterdam. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

"This volume is based on a selection of papers presented at the 2008 conference, "African Children in Focus: A Paradigm Shift in Methodology and Theory?" organized by NVAS (Netherlands African Studies Association)"

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004204003

9004204008

OCLC:

705568009