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Youth gangs and street children : culture, nurture and masculinity in Ethiopia / Paula Heinonen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heinonen, Paula.
- Series:
- Social identities ; 7.
- Social identities ; 7
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gangs--Ethiopia.
- Gangs.
- Street children--Ethiopia.
- Street children.
- Ethiopia--Social conditions--21st century.
- Ethiopia.
- Ethiopia--Social life and customs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (179 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The rapidly expanding population of youth gangs and street children is one of the most disturbing issues in many cities around the world. These children are perceived to be in a constant state of destitution, violence and vagrancy, and therefore must be a serious threat to society, needing heavy-handed intervention and 'tough love' from concerned adults to impose societal norms on them and turn them into responsible citizens. However, such norms are far from the lived reality of these children. The situation is further complicated by gender-based violence and masculinist ideologies found in
- Contents:
- Youth Gangs and Street Children; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Ethiopia; Chapter 2 - Yilunta: Shame, Honour and Family Pride; Chapter 3 - Son of a Woman; Chapter 4 - Borco: The Give and Take of Gang Membership; Chapter 5 - Sex, Girls and Gang Life; Discussion and Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-80758-200-0
- 1-78238-133-3
- 0-85745-099-9
- OCLC:
- 746746623
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