Jessaca B Leinaweaver

The Circulation of Children

Kinship, Adoption, and Morality in Andean Peru

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"In this highly readable, quite original study of the practice of child circulation, Jessaca B. Leinaweaver discusses the social, economic, racial, gender, legal, and moral contours of that practice; locates it in a complex web of local, regional, and national vectors of culture and power; and offers a nuanced interpretation of it as neither entirely benevolent nor completely exploitative. Leinaweaver is respectful and empathetic, and her book is rich in ethnographic information, thick descriptions, and personal stories."--Carlos Aguirre, author of "The Criminals of Lima and Their Worlds: The Prison Experience, 1850-1935 "

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9780822341970
• ISBN-10: 0822341972
• Artikelnr.: 23822565

Autorenporträt

Jessaca B. Leinaweaver

Inhaltsangabe

About the Series vii
Acknowledgments ix
A Note on Translation xiii
Introduction: Moving Children in Ayacucho 1
1. Ayacucho: Histories of Violence and Ethnography 21
2. International Adoption: The Globalization of Kinship 37
3. Puericulture and Andean Orphanhood 61
4. Companionship and Custom: The Mechanics of Child Circulation 81
5. Superación: The Strategic Uses of Child Circulation 105
6. Pertenecer: Knowledge and Kinship 134
7. Circulating Children, at Home and Abroad 154
Glossary 163
Notes 165
Bibliography 195
Index 213