The myth of international protection : war and survival in Congo / Claudia Seymour.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seymour, Claudia, 1976- author.

Series:

California series in public anthropology ; 43.

California Series in Public Anthropology ; 43

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relief--Congo (Democratic Republic).

International relief.

Child welfare--International cooperation.

Child welfare.

Children and violence--Congo (Democratic Republic).

Children and violence.

Congo (Democratic Republic).

Physical Description:

xiii, 174 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]

Summary:

"This book covers more than a decade of child protection work and ethnographic field research in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It tells two stories: one of the entrenched violences survived by young people and their daily struggles to cope with deepening poverty and blocked aspirations; the other, a personal journey that begins with the will to do good and ends with the realization of how international aid contributes to greater harm. It offers a new perspective to reframe how the world sees the DRC, and urges global audiences to consider their own roles in fueling the DRC's otherwise endless violence"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

A beginning

Outrages in Congo

Surviving violence

Embodying violence

Navigating violence

Meanings of violence

The myth of international protection.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Seymour, Claudia, 1976- author. Myth of international protection

ISBN:

9780520299832

0520299833

9780520299849

0520299841

OCLC:

1050455610