Hidden Heads of Households

Child Labor in Urban Northeast Brazil

Mary Lorena Kenny (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

144 Seiten

2007
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4426-0084-3 (ISBN)

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"Kenny treats the often taboo topic of child labor with clear-eyed perception and a bracing lack of sentimentality." - Barbara J. Price, Columbia University

In the cities of Northeast Brazil where 50 per cent of the population lives in poverty, children play a key role in the local economy—in their households, in formal jobs, and in the thriving informal sector (washing cars, shining shoes, scavenging for recyclables, etc.). Why children migrate to the city, how they negotiate their existence, and why they stay are just some of the questions addressed in this fascinating study.

Mary Kenny spent close to 15 years in the urban areas of Northeast Brazil talking with and interviewing children. She even gave them disposable cameras to document their daily lives (many of the photographs they took are included). Rather than lament a lost childhood, or try to save these children, Kenny explores some of the complex conditions under which these children work and live. She illustrates how unrelenting scarcity shapes family and, by extension, children's options, decisions, and worldviews.

The issues raised in this book are of critical importance. There are no easy answers, but listening to how these children define themselves and their circumstances is an important step towards understanding and ultimately solving economic and social inequality.

Mary Lorena Kenny is Professor of Anthropology at Eastern Connecticut State University. She is the author of Hidden Heads of Households: Child Labor in Urban Northeast Brazil (2007).

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction

2. Researching Child Labor

3. Situating Poor Childhoods

4. Olinda

5. Work and School in Urban Brazil

6. Street Children in Northeast Brazil

7. Conclusion

Appendix A: Sample Survey

Appendix B: Organizations that Address the Issue of Child Labor

References

Index

Reihe/Serie	Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom
Verlagsort	Toronto
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	240 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Berufs-/Gebührenrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
ISBN-10	1-4426-0084-5 / 1442600845
ISBN-13	978-1-4426-0084-3 / 9781442600843
Zustand	Neuware