Navigating terrains of war;youth and soldiering in guinea-bissau.

Through the concept of "social navigation," this book sheds light on the mobilization of urban youth in West Africa. Social navigation offers a perspective on praxis in situations of conflict and turmoil. It provides insights into the interplay between objective structures and subjective a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Henrik E. Vigh
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Berghahn Books.
Subjects:
Children and war > Guinea-Bissau.
Child soldiers > Guinea-Bissau.
Urban youth > Guinea-Bissau.
Veterans > Social networks > Guinea-Bissau.
War and society > Guinea-Bissau.
Social status > Guinea-Bissau.
Enfants et guerre > Guinée-Bissau.
Enfants soldats > Guinée-Bissau.
Jeunes en milieu urbain > Guinée-Bissau.
Anciens combattants > Réseaux sociaux > Guinée-Bissau.
Guerre et société > Guinée-Bissau.
Statut social > Guinée-Bissau.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Children's Studies.
Child soldiers
Children and war
Social status
Urban youth
War and society
Kind
Soldat
Gesellschaft
Sozialstatus
Jugend
Kind > Soldat.
Guinea-Bissau
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Mbuli the victorious : the micro-history of an Aguenta
  • Perspectives and positions
  • Becoming Aguentas
  • Wars without enemies
  • The social moratorium of youth
  • Dubriagem and social navigation : constructing social trajectories through war
  • Inhabiting unstable terrains : the everyday of decline and conflict
  • From negritude to ineptitude : on horizons and broken imaginaries
  • Recategorising men as children : bottom-up reconciliation
  • Closure.

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