Youth Gangs and Street Children - Heinonen, Paula
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Presents an original and powerful ethnographic examination of children’s childhood with a focus on the child’s active participation in and acquisition of, cultural practices Describes how the phenomenon that at times children themselves end up parenting their parents, generates contradictory and at times disruptive role expectations and responsibilities from mothers and children alike Aims to understand and analyse the involvement of youth gangs in female juvenile prostitution and the cultural milieu in which this takes place Deepens our understanding of the different ways such children…mehr

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Presents an original and powerful ethnographic examination of children’s childhood with a focus on the child’s active participation in and acquisition of, cultural practices Describes how the phenomenon that at times children themselves end up parenting their parents, generates contradictory and at times disruptive role expectations and responsibilities from mothers and children alike Aims to understand and analyse the involvement of youth gangs in female juvenile prostitution and the cultural milieu in which this takes place Deepens our understanding of the different ways such children attempt to extricate themselves from street life in adulthood and later as mothers and fathers.
Autorenporträt
Paula Heinonen (née Sinicco) is of Ethiopian/Italian parentage and grew up in Addis Ababa.  She is College Lecturer in Gender Studies and the Anthropology of Development at Hertford, University of Oxford. Previously, she was Tutor and Visiting Fellows Program Coordinator at the International Gender Studies Centre, University of Oxford and Senior Lecturer in Anthropology and Head of Research at the University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.