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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460055903321

Titolo

Children of Afghanistan : the path to peace / / edited by Jennifer Heath and Ashraf Zahedi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, Texas : , : University of Texas Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-292-75932-0

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (389 p.)

Collana

Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; ; book 36

Disciplina

305.2309581

Soggetti

Children - Afghanistan - Social conditions

Child welfare - Afghanistan

Electronic books.

Afghanistan Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction (Jennifer Heath)""; ""PART 1. The Way We Were;  The Way We're Seen""; ""1. Before the Wars: Memories of Childhood in the Pre-Soviet Era (Amina Kator-Mubarez)""; ""2. Narratives of Afghan Childhood: Risk, Resilience, and the Experiences That Shape the Development of Afghanistan as a People and a Nation (Anne E. Brodsky)""; ""3. Jumping Rope in Prison: The Representation of Afghan Children in Film (Teresa Cutler-Broyles)""; ""PART 2. Ties That Bind: The Family in Rebound""; ""4. Love, Fear, and Discipline in Afghan Families (Deborah J. Smith)""

""5. Children Who Live with Their Mothers in Prison (Esther Hyneman)""""6. Little Brides and Bridegrooms: Systemic Failure, Cultural Response (Sharifa Sharif)""; ""PART 3. Survival by Any Means Possible""; ""7. Confronting Child Labor (Amanda Sim)""; ""8. The Parakeet Boys: Performing Education in the Streets of Kabul (Wahid Omar)""; ""9. Child Soldiering in Afghanistan (Delphine Boutin)""; ""10. Legal Protection: Offering Aid and Comfort (Hangama Anwari)""; ""PART 4. To Be Whole in Mind and Body""; ""11. Children's Health: The Challenge of Survival (Steven Solter)""

""12. Food Security and Nutrition for Afghan Children (Fitsum Assefa,



Annalies Borrel, and Charlotte Dufour)""""13. Desperately Seeking Harun: Children with Disabilities (Lael Adams Mohib)""; ""14. "Life Feeds on Hope": Family Mental Health, Culture, and Resilience (Mark Eggerman and Catherine Panter-Brick)""; ""PART 5. Education: Nurturing the Future""; ""15. Education in Transition: A Key Concern for Young Afghan Returnees (Mamiko Saito)""; ""16. Primary and Secondary Education: Exponential Growth and Prospects for the Future (Omar Qargha)""

""17. Music and Literacy: A New Approach to Education (Louise M. Pascale)""""PART 6. Communicating Empowerment""; ""18. "Thanks God for the Twitter and the Facebook! Thanks God for That!" (Lauryn Oates)""; ""19. The New Storytellers of Afghanistan (Joanna Sherman)""; ""20. Six Epiphanies: Testament to Change from Inside an Afghan Orphanage (Ian Pounds)""; ""Epilogue: Imagining the Future (Ashraf Zahedi)""; ""Selected Bibliography and Filmography""; ""About the Contributors""; ""Index""