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Children of Afghanistan : the path to peace /
"The first comprehensive look at youth in a country attempting to rebuild itself after three decades of civil conflict, Children of Afghanistan relies on the research and fieldwork of twenty-one experts to cover an incredible range of topics. Focusing on the full scope of childhood, from birth...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
[2014]
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| Edición: | First edition. |
| Colección: | Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ;
bk. 36. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction / Jennifer Heath
- pt. 1. The way were were; the way we're seen. Before the wars: memories of childhood in the pre-Soviet era / Amina Kator-Mubarez
- Narratives of Afghan childhood: risk, resilience, and the experiences that shape the development of Afghanistan as a people and a nation / Anne E. Brodsky
- Jumping rope in prison: the representation of Afghan children in film / Teresa Cutler-Broyles
- pt. 2. Ties that bind: the family in rebound. Love, fear, and discipline in Afghan families / Deborah J. Smith
- Children who live with their mothers in prison / Esther Hyneman
- Little brides and bridegrooms: systemic failure, cultural response / Sharifa Sharif
- pt. 3. Survival by any means possible. Confronting child labor / Amanda Sim
- The parakeet boys: performing education in the streets of Kabul / Wahid Omar
- Child soldiering in Afghanistan / Delphine Boutin
- Legal protection: offering aid and comfort / Hangama Anwari
- pt. 4. To be whole in mind and body. Children's health: the challenge of survival / Steven Solter
- Food security and nutrition for Afghan children / Fitsum Assefa, Annalies Borrell, and Charlotte Dufour
- Desparately seeking Harun: children with disabilities / Lael Adams Mohib
- "Life feeds on hope": family mental health, culture, and resilience / Mark Eggerman and Catherine Panter-Brick
- pt. 5. Education: nurturing the future. Education in transition: a key concern for young Afghan returnees / Mamiko Saito
- Primary and secondary education: exponential growth and prospects for the future / Omar Qargha
- Music and literacy: a new approach to education / Louise M. Pascale
- pt. 6. Communicating empowerment. "Thanks God for the Twitter and the Facebook! Thanks God for that!" / Lauryn Oates
- The new storytellers of Afghanistan / Joanna Sherman
- Six epiphanies: testament to change from inside an Afghan orphanage / Ian Pounds
- Epilogue: imagining the future / Ashraf Zahedi.