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Infants, Children, and Youth : Multi-Sited Stories of Adversity from South Asia to Australia.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Amigó, María Florencia.
- Series:
- Asian Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Youth--Social conditions.
- Youth.
- Children.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (142 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Lived Places Publishing, 2025.
- Summary:
- Explore adverse contexts where place, economy, and culture impact on the development of personhood across diverse global settings from babies to adulthood.
- Contents:
- FrontCover
- Half-Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Information
- Abstract
- Contents
- 1 Introduction
- Learning objectives
- Shaped by adversity, resisting adversity
- (Dis) Connected ethnographies of infants, children, and youth
- Multi-sited stories
- Contour lines
- Extension activities
- 2 Nutrition. Resilience: Born in Aceh, Indonesia
- Navigating tradition: Cultural beliefs on infant development in Simeulue
- Diah: A pregnant mother
- Masnun: First time mother of a young child
- Tofidah: A community nurse (Kader)
- Nur: A health promotion officer
- Aleng: Father of four
- Bridging knowledge and power
- 3 Language, courage: Schooling as a migrant in inner Sydney, Australia
- Latin American children caught in stories of hope, aspirations, sadness, and frustrations
- Raising migrant children (through the eyes of a Peruvian mother)
- Accepting a mixed-up upbringing (through the eyes of a Venezuelan father)
- A teacher's perspective: It's (not) all about language
- Multiple belongings. Multiple accountabilities.
- 4 Poverty. Commitment: Contributing to the household in Lombok, Indonesia
- Children's work
- Irwan (male, 11)
- Sam (male, 12)
- Rehan (female, 14)
- Marriuni (female, around 13)
- Critical extra hands
- 5 Marriage. Grit: Marrying young in Sunsari, Nepal
- Early marriage in the Terai (lowlands)
- Sarita, smitten and married at 16: Driven by family honour
- Laxmi, eloped and married at 17: Driven by motherhood
- Kaajal, vulnerable and married at 17: Forced to marry
- Raju, only child and married at 16: Driven by household's survival
- Early marriage in Sunsari: New aspirations, old expectations
- Extension activities.
- 6 Employment. Independence. (Lack of) Respect: Working as an unskilled youth in Western Sydney, Australia
- Western Sydney
- Invisible hurdles: How disability intersects with career aspirations
- Silenced and overlooked: Employment as a young, unskilled female worker
- "No one really wants you there": The workplace through the eyes of transgender youth
- A harsh road to maturity
- 7 From adversity to hope
- Contour lines of hope
- Notes
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 1-916704-06-9
- 1-916704-05-0
- OCLC:
- 1521291659
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