LEADER 04262nam 22008535 450 001 9910808044003321 005 20240418022052.0 010 $a1-283-21227-7 010 $a9786613212276 010 $a0-8122-0477-8 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812204773 035 $a(CKB)2550000000051151 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10491974 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000543253 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11363555 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000543253 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10530774 035 $a(PQKB)10807082 035 $a(DE-B1597)449305 035 $a(OCoLC)759158223 035 $a(OCoLC)979684719 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812204773 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441517 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000051151 100 $a20190708d2011 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aChild Soldiers in Africa /$fAlcinda Honwana 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aPhiladelphia : $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press, $d[2011] 210 4$dİ2006 215 $a1 online resource (212 p.) 225 0 $aThe Ethnography of Political Violence 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8122-1987-2 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. Civil Wars in Mozambique and Angola -- $t2. Historical and Social Contexts -- $t3. Recruitment and Initiation -- $t4. Young Women -- $t5. Healing Child Soldiers and Their Communities -- $t6. Looking to the Future and Learning from the Past -- $tNotes -- $tIndex -- $tAcknowledgments 330 $aYoung people have been at the forefront of political conflict in many parts of the world, even when it has turned violent. In some of those situations, for a variety of reasons, including coercion, poverty, or the seductive nature of violence, children become killers before they are able to grasp the fundamentals of morality. It has been only in the past ten years that this component of warfare has captured the attention of the world. Images of boys carrying guns and ammunition are now commonplace as they flash across television screens and appear on the front pages of newspapers. Less often, but equally disturbingly, stories of girls pressed into the service of militias surface in the media.A major concern today is how to reverse the damage done to the thousands of children who have become not only victims but also agents of wartime atrocities. In Child Soldiers in Africa, Alcinda Honwana draws on her firsthand experience with children of Angola and Mozambique, as well as her study of the phenomenon for the United Nations and the Social Science Research Council, to shed light on how children are recruited, what they encounter, and how they come to terms with what they have done. Honwana looks at the role of local communities in healing and rebuilding the lives of these children. She also examines the efforts undertaken by international organizations to support these wartime casualties and enlightens the reader on the obstacles faced by such organizations. 606 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE$2bisac 606 $aChildren's Studies$2bisac 606 $aChild soldiers$zAfrica 606 $aChildren and war$zAfrica 606 $aChildren and violence$zAfrica 606 $aPolitical violence$zAfrica 606 $aSocial Welfare & Social Work$2HILCC 606 $aSocial Sciences$2HILCC 606 $aChild & Youth Development$2HILCC 610 $aAnthropology. 610 $aFolklore. 610 $aGeneral. 610 $aHuman Rights. 610 $aLaw. 610 $aLinguistics. 610 $aSocial Science. 615 7$aSOCIAL SCIENCE 615 7$aChildren's Studies 615 0$aChild soldiers 615 0$aChildren and war 615 0$aChildren and violence 615 0$aPolitical violence 615 7$aSocial Welfare & Social Work 615 7$aSocial Sciences 615 7$aChild & Youth Development 676 $a355.0083096 700 $aHonwana$b Alcinda, $0712818 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808044003321 996 $aChild Soldiers in Africa$93957784 997 $aUNINA 999 $p$20.59$u04/01/2017$5Dis