Mary Howard, Ann V. Millard

Hunger and Shame

Child Malnutrition and Poverty on Mount Kilimanjaro

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In discussing the moral and practical dilemmas posed by the malnourished children in Mount Kilimanjaro, the authors explore the shame associated with child hunger in relation to social organization, colonial history and global economy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. September 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 435g
• ISBN-13: 9780415916141
• ISBN-10: 0415916143
• Artikelnr.: 21340098

Autorenporträt

Mary Howard is Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Ohio Wesleyan University. She has extensive fieldwork experience on Mt. Kilimanjaro. Ann Millard is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Michigan State University.

Inhaltsangabe

1 The Shame of Hunger 2 To the Mountain and an Early Confrontation with
Death 3 Poverty Amidst Plenty 4 On the Road to the Margins 5 "These
People": Institutional Discrimination and Resistance by the Poor 6 Sex and
the Shame of Kwashiorkor 7 The Meaning of a Child 8 Conflict in Families 9
Child Favoritism and Malnutrition 10 The NURU Experience