Inhabiting 'Childhood': Children, Labour and Schooling in Postcolonial India / by S. Balagopalan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Balagopalan, S., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology.

Social groups.

Ethnology--Asia.

Ethnology.

Culture.

Family policy.

Education--History.

Education.

Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.

Asian Culture.

Ethnography.

Children, Youth and Family Policy.

History of Education.

Local Subjects:

Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.

Asian Culture.

Ethnography.

Sociology.

Children, Youth and Family Policy.

History of Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2014.

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Re-forming Lives: The Child on the Street and the ''Street Child''; 2 Sedimenting Labour through Schooling: Colonial State, Native Elite and Working Children in Early Twentieth-Century India; 3 Memories of Tomorrow: On Children, Labour and Postcolonial ''Development''; 4 The Politics of Failure: Children''s Rights and the ''Call of the Other''; 5 ''A Magic Wand'': Reading the Promise of the ''Right to Education'' against the Lives of Working Children; Conclusion: Growing up, Moving on ...; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137316790

1137316799