Life on the Malecón : Children and Youth on the Streets of Santo Domingo /
This is a narrative ethnography of the lives of street children and youth living in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and the non-governmental organizations that provide social services for them. Writing from the perspective of an anthropologist working as a street educator with a child welfare org...
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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New Brunswick, New Jersey :
Rutgers University Press,
[2014]
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Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Structural forces impacting young lives ; Children as cultural agents ; Structure and agency on Dominican streets ; The anthropollogist as outreach educator.
- Outreach Work. Living and sleeping on the Malecón ; Crying wolf ; Going home ; The first hurdle ; Telling the truth ; Back on the Conde.
- Structural Conditions. Finding Panchito ; Entering rehab ; Maria's condition ; Going to prison ; Off the streets.
- Friendship and Everyday Violence on the Street. Conflict resolution.