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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810944303321

Autore

Lee Sabine

Titolo

Children born of war in the twentieth century / Sabine Lee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, [England] : , : Manchester University Press, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-5261-0461-X

1-5261-0459-8

1-5261-2846-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)

Disciplina

303.6/6083

Soggetti

Children and war

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-285) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and tables -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1 Children born of war: an introduction -- 2 Children born of war: who are they? Experiences of children, mothers, families and post-conflict communities -- 3 Children born of war during and after the Second World War -- 4 Bui Doi: the children of the Vietnam War -- 5 Bosnia: a new dimension of genocidal rape and its children -- 6 African conflicts -- 7 Unintended consequences … -- Epilogue. Children born of war: lessons learnt? -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the life courses of children born of war in different twentieth-century conflicts, including the Second World War, the Vietnam War, the Bosnian War, the Rwandan Genocide and the LRA conflict. It investigates both governmental and military policies vis-a-vis children born of war and their mothers, as well as family and local community attitudes, building a complex picture of the multi-layered challenges faced by many children born of war within their post-conflict receptor communities. Based on extensive archival research, the book also uses oral history and participatory research methods which allow the author to add the voices of the children born of war to historical analysis.