The Kids Are in Charge : : Activism and Power in Peru's Movement of Working Children / / Jessica K. Taft.
Details the possibilities and challenges of intergenerational activism and social movements Since 1976, the Peruvian movement of working children has fought to redefine age-based roles in society, including defending children’s right to work. In The Kids Are in Charge, Jessica K. Taft gives us an in...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2019] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Critical Perspectives on Youth ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part I. Alternative Visions of Childhood
- 1. Learning with the Peruvian Movement of Working Children
- 2. Protagonismo and Work: Reimagining Childhood
- 3. Equality and Horizontalism: Reimagining Intergenerational Relationships
- Part II. The Practice of Intergenerational Activism
- 4. Teachers, Mothers, or Compañeros: Adult Roles in a Children’s Movement
- 5. “The Kids Are in Charge” but “Adults Talk Too Much”: The Everyday Dynamics of Age- Based Power
- 6. Struggles for Children’s Dignity and Citizenship: Transforming Individuals and Institutions
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Glossary of Acronyms
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author