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Shadows into light : a generation of former child soldiers comes of age / Theresa S. Betancourt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Betancourt, Theresa S., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Child soldiers--Sierra Leone--Case studies.
- Child soldiers.
- Children and war--Sierra Leone--Case studies.
- Children and war.
- Posttraumatic growth--Sierra Leone--Case studies.
- Posttraumatic growth.
- Girls--Violence against--Sierra Leone--Case studies.
- Girls.
- Resocialization--Sierra Leone--Case studies.
- Resocialization.
- Sierra Leone--History--Civil War, 1991-2002--Participation, Juvenile--Case studies.
- Sierra Leone.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 306 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- For over two decades, Theresa S. Betancourt researched former child soldiers from Sierra Leone's civil war to find out if they could reintegrate into communities where they had been forced to commit atrocities. She found that the key to resilience after trauma was not just their individual capacities, but the layers of support and care around them.
- Contents:
- Part I War’s Impact
- 1 War’s Children
- 2 The Global Face of Conflict
- 3 Children, War, and Trauma
- 4 Jellybeans in Darkness
- 5 Swit Salone
- 6 The Embodiment of War
- 7 Without Family
- 8 Touchstones
- Part II. Journeys Home
- 9 Finding the Way Home
- 10 Post-traumatic Growth
- 11 Boots on Muddy Ground
- 12 A Mother’s Courage
- 13 The Helpers
- 14 The Sting of Rejection
- 15 Social Ties
- Part III. Reintegration
- 16 The Puzzle of Girls’ Resilience
- 17 Reverberations of Violence against Girls and Women
- 18 Good Deeds Always Come Back
- 19 Meaning Making and Transformation
- 20 Adversity upon Adversity
- 21 Write on the World
- 22 The Education Gap
- Part IV. Community and Healing
- 23 Narrative Healing
- 24 Adult Lives
- 25 Coming of Age in the Aftermath of War
- 26 Trauma and Resilience across Generations
- Part V. Rebuilding the Future
- 27 The Next Generation
- 28 Ready to Learn, Ready to Work
- 29 Reaching the Hard to Reach
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780674299689
- 9780674299696
- 0674299698
- OCLC:
- 1478701747
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