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

• Pubblicazione: Austin, Texas : , : University of Texas Press, , 2014; ©2014
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (389 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.2309581
• Soggetto topico: Children - Afghanistan - Social conditions; Child welfare - Afghanistan
• Soggetto geografico: Afghanistan Social conditions
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): HeathJennifer; ZahediAshraf <1947->
• 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""
• Titolo autorizzato: Children of Afghanistan
• ISBN: 0-292-75932-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910460055903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Louann Atkins Temple Women and Culture Series