Working childhoods: youth, agency and the environment in India./
Jane Dyson
- New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014.
- xvii, 171 p.
Title from publishers bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Apr 2014).
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.