Children of Afghanistan : : The Path to Peace /

Children of Afghanistan : : The Path to Peace / / ed. by Ashraf Zahedi, Jennifer Heath.

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The first comprehensive look at youth living in a country attempting to rebuild itself after three decades of civil conflict, Children of Afghanistan relies on the research and fieldwork of twenty-one experts to cover an incredible range of topics. Focusing on the full scope of childhood, from birth...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
MitwirkendeR:
Anwari, Hangama,
Assefa, Fitsum,
Borrel, Annalies,
Boutin, Delphine,
Brodsky, Anne E.,
Cutler-Broyles, Teresa,
Dufour, Charlotte,
Eggerman, Mark,
Heath, Jennifer,
Hyneman, Esther,
Kator-Mubarez, Amina,
Mohib, Lael Adams,
Oates, Lauryn,
Omar, Wahid,
Panter-Brick, Catherine,
Pascale, Louise M.,
Pounds, Ian,
Qargha, Omar,
Saito, Mamiko,
Sharif, Sharifa,
Sherman, Joanna,
Sim, Amanda,
Smith, Deborah J.,
Solter, Steven,
Zahedi, Ashraf,
HerausgeberIn:
Heath, Jennifer,
Zahedi, Ashraf,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©2014
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (388 p.) :; 2 b&w illust., 1 map, 13 b&w photos
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • PART 1. The Way We Were; The Way We’re Seen
  • 1. Before the Wars: Memories of Childhood in the Pre-Soviet Era
  • 2. Narratives of Afghan Childhood: Risk, Resilience, and the Experiences That Shape the Development of Afghanistan as a People and a Nation
  • 3. Jumping Rope in Prison: The Representation of Afghan Children in Film
  • PART 2. Ties That Bind: The Family in Rebound
  • 4. Love, Fear, and Discipline in Afghan Families
  • 5. Children Who Live with Their Mothers in Prison
  • 6. Little Brides and Bridegrooms: Systemic Failure, Cultural Response
  • PART 3. Survival by Any Means Possible
  • 7. Confronting Child Labor
  • 8. The Parakeet Boys: Performing Education in the Streets of Kabul
  • 9. Child Soldiering in Afghanistan
  • 10. Legal Protection: Offering Aid and Comfort
  • PART 4. To Be Whole in Mind and Body
  • 11. Children’s Health: The Challenge of Survival
  • 12. Food Security and Nutrition for Afghan Children
  • 13. Desperately Seeking Harun: Children with Disabilities
  • 14. “Life Feeds on Hope”: Family Mental Health, Culture, and Resilience
  • PART 5. Education: Nurturing the Future
  • 15. Education in Transition: A Key Concern for Young Afghan Returnees
  • 16. Primary and Secondary Education: Exponential Growth and Prospects for the Future
  • 17. Music and Literacy: A New Approach to Education
  • PART 6. Communicating Empowerment
  • 18. “Thanks God for the Twitter and the Facebook! Thanks God for That!”
  • 19. The New Storytellers of Afghanistan
  • 20. Six Epiphanies: Testament to Change from Inside an Afghan Orphanage
  • Epilogue: Imagining the Future
  • Selected Bibliography and Filmography
  • About the Contributors
  • Index

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