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OverviewIn the cities of Northeast Brazil where 50 per cent of the population lives in poverty, children play a key role in the local economy in their households, in formal jobs, and in the thriving informal sector (washing cars, shining shoes, scavenging for recyclables, etc.). Why children migrate to the city, how they negotiate their existence, and why they stay are just some of the questions addressed in this fascinating study. Mary Kenny spent close to 15 years in the urban areas of Northeast Brazil talking with and interviewing children. She even gave them disposable cameras to document their daily lives (many of the photographs they took are included). Rather than lament a lost childhood, or try to save these children, Kenny explores some of the complex conditions under which these children work and live. She illustrates how unrelenting scarcity shapes family and, by extension, children's options, decisions, and worldviews. The issues raised in this book are of critical importance. There are no easy answers, but listening to how these children define themselves and their circumstances is an important step towards understanding and ultimately solving economic and social inequality. "" Full Product DetailsAuthor: Mary Lorena KennyPublisher: Broadview Press Ltd Imprint: Broadview Press Ltd Edition: 3rd ed. Dimensions: Width: 14.80cm , Height: 0.50cm , Length: 22.30cm Weight: 0.240kg ISBN: 9781551117928ISBN 10: 1551117924 Pages: 160 Publication Date: 01 May 2007 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely Availability: Out of stock Table of ContentsReviewsKenny treats the often taboo topic of child labor with clear-eyed perception and a bracing lack of sentimentality. - Barbara J. Price, Columbia University Author InformationMary Lorena Kenny is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Eastern Connecticut State University. She has published essays and articles on street youth and child labor in Brazil, and the history and politics of drought in the ""sert?o"". In 2006, she was the Rockefeller Fellow at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage examining the economics of cultural heritage in Brazil. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |