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Author Nieuwenhuys, Olga.

Title Children's lifeworlds : gender, welfare, and labour in the developing world / Olga Nieuwenhuys.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Routledge, 1994.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  331.31 N682C    Check Shelf
Description xvii, 228 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Contents 1. The Children of the Rural Poor. Contemporary thinking on children's work. Deconstructing and reconstructing children's work. Methods -- 2. Between the River and the Sea. The choice of Kerala. Poomkara. Children's frontier -- 3. Growing Up in Poomkara. Class and kinship. The household domain. Ambiguities of childhood -- 4. Poomkara's Small Fry. Big and small fishermen. Boys in the world of fishing. Privilege and duty -- 5. Hanging by a Thread: Coir-Making Girls. Women and merchants. Girl's work. Work for love -- 6. Kerala Fisheries' Invisible Nets. Labour relations in fishing. Children's work. Weapons of the small -- 7. The Coir Industry's Saving Angels. Girls' work. The blessings of domestic production. The tragedy of coir -- 8. Conclusion: Rural Children's Exploitation.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-222) and index.
Subject Child labor -- Developing countries.
Child welfare -- Developing countries.
ISBN 0415097509
0415097517 paperback
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