Free Delivery Over $100
|
|
|||
|
||||
OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Jenny Huberman , Jenny HubermanPublisher: Rutgers University Press Imprint: Rutgers University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.513kg ISBN: 9780813554075ISBN 10: 0813554071 Pages: 264 Publication Date: 01 December 2012 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Note on Translation and Transliteration PART 1: Introductions 1. Children, Tourists, and Locals 2. A Tourist Town PART 2: Conceptions of Children 3. Girls and Boys on the Ghats 4. Innocent Children or Little Adults? 5. The Minds and Hearts of Children PART 3: Conceptions of Value 6. Earning, Spending, Saving 7. Something Extra 8. Money, Gender, and the (Im)morality of Exchange 9. Conclusion Notes References IndexReviewsAmbivalent Encounters is one of the most ethnographically detailed and multifaceted books on children. Huberman expertly captures and explores relationships between value, age, and work in a contemporary Indian city. --Chaise LaDousa associate professor of anthropology, Hamilton College "Huberman provides profound insights on the lives of children who work the streets of the tourist industry, and equally profound insights on the experience of tourists and their search for meaning and self understanding in India."" ""Ambivalent Encounters is one of the most ethnographically detailed and mutlifaceted books on children. Huberman expertly captures and explores relationships between value, age, and work in a contemporary Indian city." Ambivalent Encounters is one of the most ethnographically detailed and multifaceted books on children. Huberman expertly captures and explores relationships between value, age, and work in a contemporary Indian city. --Chaise LaDousa associate professor of anthropology, Hamilton College (02/03/2012) Author InformationJENNY HUBERMAN is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Missouri–Kansas City. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
||||
