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Author:   J Christopher Kovats-Bernat
Publisher:   Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.
Imprint:   Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.
Weight:   0.363kg
ISBN:  

9781792452666

ISBN 10:   1792452667
Pages:   277
Publication Date:   30 January 2022
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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"1. Introduction: Doing Anthropology with Children in Haiti Bèl Marie Whither the Child? Difficult Childhoods in Haiti A Different Kind of Fieldwork The Organization of the Book Some Notes to the Reader2. The Crisis of Childhood in Haiti ""The Destiny of the Haitian People"" A History of Rural Decline A City of Mayhem ""The Sugar in My Coffee"": The Centrality of Childhood w Children Out of Place3. Timoun Lari: Sleeping Rough in Port?au?Prince Salon Pèp: The People's Living Room The Stigma of the Street Making a Living Stealing, Dealing, and Selling Sex for Survival Reciprocity and Redistribution Fists, Knives, Rocks, and Razors Avoidance and the Safety of Numbers Lagè Dòmi: The Sleeping Wars Strategies of Defense4. 'Girl's Work' and the Problem of Restavèk Mother's Milk Given Away: What is a Restavèk? Food They Can't Eat, Clothes They Can't Wear: Life as a Child Servant Restavèk and the Law5. Little Soldiers: Armed Children and the Gangs of Port?au?Prince The Rise of the Garrison Ghetto and the Ascendance of the Gangs of Cité Soleil Blok 19 and the ""Army of the Motherless"" Hitting Back: Blok 19's Tactics of Survival and Vengeance6. Afterword: Conducting Ethnographic Fieldwork amid Gunplay, Catastrophe, and Mayhem Ethnography in the First Person: A Reflexive Approach to Crisis in the Field Fateful Decisions"

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