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Working childhoods: youth, agency and the environment in India./ Jane Dyson

By: Language: English Publication details: Cambridge University Press, 2014. New York:Description: xvii, 171 pISBN:
  • 9781107058385
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.235 DYS-W
Contents:
1. Working with young people in the Himalayas; 2. The High Himalayas; 3. A delicate dance: young people's work; 4. Herding, fun and difference; 5. Friendship in practice: collecting leaves in Bemni; 6. Harvesting identities: Mukku, gender and development; 7. Conclusions
Summary: Working Childhoods draws upon research in the Indian Himalayas to provide a theoretically-informed account of children's lives in a remote part of the world. The book shows that children in their pre-teens and teens are lynchpins of the rural economy, spending hours each day herding cattle, collecting leaves, and juggling household tasks with schoolwork. Through documenting in painstaking detail children's stories, songs, friendships, fears and tribulations, the book offers a powerful account of youth agency and young people's rich relationship with the natural world.
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Books Books Library, SPAB D-2 Non Fiction 305.235 DYS-W (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Rec. by Brishbhanlali Raghuwanshi 010690
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1. Working with young people in the Himalayas; 2. The High Himalayas; 3. A delicate dance: young people's work; 4. Herding, fun and difference; 5. Friendship in practice: collecting leaves in Bemni; 6. Harvesting identities: Mukku, gender and development; 7. Conclusions

Working Childhoods draws upon research in the Indian Himalayas to provide a theoretically-informed account of children's lives in a remote part of the world. The book shows that children in their pre-teens and teens are lynchpins of the rural economy, spending hours each day herding cattle, collecting leaves, and juggling household tasks with schoolwork. Through documenting in painstaking detail children's stories, songs, friendships, fears and tribulations, the book offers a powerful account of youth agency and young people's rich relationship with the natural world.

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