| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 233 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Cover; Table of Contents ix; List of Illustrations xi; List of Tables xii; Preface xiii; List of Abbreviations xvii; Introduction 1; Ti Amos 19; 1 Salon Pèp: Street Life and Society in Port-au-Prince 24; Bèl Marie 63; 2 Ritus Ruptus: The Street as a Site of Passage 68; Blak Lovli 79; 3 Zenglendinaj e Arimaj: The Street-Child "Problem" and the Paramilitary Solution 83; Michel 105; 4 Violenz Lari: The Violence of the Street Economy from Below 108; Tifrè 142; 5 Lafanmi Selavi: "The Family Is Life" 144; Dezalin 179; 6 Aprè Dans, Tanbou Lou: After the Dance, the Drum Is Heavy 183 |
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7 All That We Know: The Poorest Countries and the State of the World 195Notes 213; Bibliography 217; Index 225 |
| Summary |
In this ethnographic analysis of the cultural lives of children who are "sleeping rough" in Port-au-Prince, Kovats-Bernat expands the traditional bounds of anthropological thought, which have only recently permitted a scholarly treatment of "the child" as a valuable informant, relevant witness, and active agent of social change. Refuting the commonplace notion that street children are unsocialized, Hobbesian mongrels, the author finds these children adopt strategies to carve a social and cultural space for themselves on the contested streets of Port-au-Prince, individually |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-224) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Street children -- Haiti -- Port-au-Prince
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Sociology, Urban -- Haiti -- Port-au-Prince
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Scientists & Psychologists.
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Social conditions
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Sociology, Urban
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Street children
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Kinderen.
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Thuislozen.
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Geweld.
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Enfants de la rue -- Haïti -- Port-au-Prince (Haïti)
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Sociologie urbaine -- Haïti -- Port-au-Prince (Haïti)
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| SUBJECT |
Port-au-Prince (Haiti) -- Social conditions
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Haiti -- Port-au-Prince
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Haïti.
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Port-au-Prince (Haïti) -- Conditions sociales.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2006049838 |
| ISBN |
9780813040011 |
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0813040019 |
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