Abandoned Children

Summary: The situation of children abandoned by
adults, in foundling homes, sleeping
rough in the streets, in refugee camps,
and in other circumstances, attracts
much political and journalistic
attention, but surprisingly little from
social scientists.
Contributors

Judith Ennew, Catherine Panter-Brick, Isabel dos Guimaraes Sa, David
I. Kertzer, Malcolm T. Smith, Pier Paulo Viazzo, Maria Bortolotto,
Andre Zanotto, Eftihia Voutira, Aigli Bourskou, Helen Charnley,
Angela Veale, Max Taylor, Carol Linehan, Tobias Hecht, Rachel Baker,
Heather Montgomery, Rachel Hinton, Mia Flores-Borquez

Description

The situation of children abandoned by adults, in foundling homes,
sleeping rough in the streets, in refugee camps, and in other
circumstances, attracts much political and journalistic attention,
but surprisingly little from social scientists. As the editors of
this volume point out, there is therefore not enough said about the
varieties of experiences summarised as ‘abandonment’. Nor has enough
effort been put into studying the perspectives of children themselves
on their situation. Situating the discourse on child abandonment in
the more general field of debate on children, both historical and
ethnographic, this book attempts to show that the presentations
of ‘abandoned’ children tend to take for granted ethnocentric ideas
about what children can and should do, and about what their
relationship should be with adults. The range of historical and
ethnographic case studies, over a variety of situations, illustrate
the need to contextualise their position in particular cultural
situations.


Chapter Contents

Preface Judith Ennew; 1. Nobody’s children? A reconsideration of
child abandonment Catherine Panter-Brick; 2. Circulation of children
in eighteenth-century Portugal Isabel dos Guimaraes Sa; 3. The lives
of foundlings in nineteenth-century Italy David I. Kertzer; 4.
Modelling the economic and human costs of foundling care in the
Azores Malcolm T. Smith; 5. Five centuries of foundling history in
Florence: changing patterns of abandonment, care, and mortality Pier
Paulo Viazzo, Maria Bortolotto and Andre Zanotto; 6. Child
indoctrination in the Greek civil war and child welfare policy
Eftihia Voutira and Aigli Bourskou; 7. Children separated from their
families in the Mozambique war Helen Charnley; 8. A psychological
perspective of ‘abandoned’ and ‘abandoning’ street children Angela
Veale, Max Taylor and Carol Linehan; 9. In search of Brazil’s street
children Tobias Hecht; 10. A comparative perspective on abandonment
in Nepal Rachel Baker and Catherine Panter-Brick; 11. Abandonment and
child prostitution in a Thai slum community Heather Montgomery; 12.
Seen but not heard: refugee children and models of intervention
Rachel Hinton; 13. Children of protracted exile: where do we belong?
Mia Flores-Borquez.
Owner: Catherine Panter-Brick and Malcolm T. Smithpdf: http://uk.cambridge.org/assets/samples/0521772761WS.pdf

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