Synopses & Reviews
The common-sense understanding of childhood as a protected space has led to violence against and by children being understood as spectacular or exceptional. In contrast, this edited collection shows how violence enters into ordinary, routine practices of childhood and children's experiences. It brings together academic and practitioner points of view to understand how violence is enacted against children in infancy, adolescence, in school, in care, at home and on the street. Each topic is addressed in one chapter by an academic and in the next chapter by a practitioner, to draw out and explore the differences and similarities between academic and practitioner perspectives. Wells' and Montgomery's introduction brings these viewpoints together and argues that violence against children can be related to issues of social recognition, particularly at the start and end of childhood and in contexts of poverty.
Synopsis
Bringing together academic and practitioner points of view, this edited collection shows how violence enters into ordinary, routine practices of childhood and children's experiences. The contributing authors seek to understand how violence is enacted against children in infancy, adolescence, in school, in care, at home and on the street.
About the Author
Karen Wells is Senior Lecturer in International Development and Childhood Studies at Birkbeck, University of London, UK.
Erica Burman is Professor of Education at the University of Manchester, UK.
Heather Montgomery is Reader in the Anthropology of Childhood at the Open University, UK.
Alison Watson is Professor of International Relations at St Andrews University, UK.
Table of Contents
1. Everyday Violence and Social Recognition; Karen Wells and Heather Montgomery2. After the End of Days: Childhood, Catastrophe and the Violence of Everyday Life in Post-Earthquake Haiti; J. Christopher Kovats-Bernat3. The Pervasive Nature of Violence in the Day-to-Day Lives of Street Children; Nelly Ali4. A Hard Hand for the Sake of God: The Distinction Between Positive and Negative Violence in Faith-Based Childcare; Sylvia Meichsner5. The Role of Residential Homes in the Care of Orphans Affected by HIV; Amandine Bollinger6. First Acts of Small Violence: Reflections on Breastfeeding and Enemas in West Africa; Alma Gottlieb7. Young Children and Conflict Resolution; Trefor Lloyd8. Everyday Violence and War in the Kivus, DRC; Claudia Seymour9. How does Conflict and Violence Impact upon Children and their Education? Experiences and Learning from the Humanitarian Field; Deborah Haines