Youth gangs and street children : culture, nurture and masculinity in Ethiopia / Paula Heinonen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heinonen, Paula.

Series:

Social identities ; v. 7.

Social identities ; 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gangs--Ethiopia.

Street children--Ethiopia.

Social conditions.

Street children.

Gangs.

Ethiopia--Social conditions--21st century.

Ethiopia--Social life and customs.

Ethiopia.

Manners and customs.

Physical Description:

viii, 169 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, [2011]

Summary:

Burgeoning urban homeless youth gangs and street children is a disturbing trend in both developed and developing nations. From ethnographic research in her childhood home of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Heinonen (international gender studies, U. of Oxford) debunks the assumption held by the public and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that such children should be treated as a homogenous delinquent subculture outside their parents' influence. In the contexts of sociality theory and questions about the meaning of "culture," she presents life stories of parents and children from diverse backgrounds permeated with the themes of poverty; yilunta, i.e., honor, shame, and family pride; and the roles of acculturation by families, NGOs, teachers, church groups, and police in their lives. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Ethiopia

Yilunta : shame, honour and family pride

Son of a woman

Borco: the give and take of gang membership

Girls, sex, and gang life.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780857450982

0857450980

OCLC:

692666986