Crying for Our Elders

Crying for Our Elders
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 250
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ISBN-10 : 9780226437545
ISBN-13 : 022643754X
Rating : 4/5 (45 Downloads)

Synopsis Crying for Our Elders by : Kristen E. Cheney

Part 1. Generations of HIV/AIDS, orphanhood, and intervention. A generation of HIV/AIDS in Uganda -- Orphanhood and the conundrum of humanitarian intervention -- Part 2. Beyond checking the "voice" box : children's rights and participation in development and research. Children's rights : participation, protectionism, and citizenship -- Getting children's perspectives : a child- and youth-centered participatory approach -- Part 3. Orphanhood in the age of HIV and AIDS. Orphanhood, poverty, and the post-ARV generation -- Suffering, silence, and status : the lived experience of orphanhood -- Part 4. Blood binds : the transformation of kinship and the politics of adoption. Orphanhood and the transformation of kinship, fosterage, and children's circulation strategies -- Orphanhood and the politics of adoption in Uganda -- Part 5. Conclusion. HIV/AIDS policy, "orphan addiction," and the next generation.

Crying for Our Elders

Crying for Our Elders
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 250
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ISBN-10 : 9780226437682
ISBN-13 : 022643768X
Rating : 4/5 (82 Downloads)

Synopsis Crying for Our Elders by : Kristen E. Cheney

The HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa has defined the childhoods of an entire generation. Over the past twenty years, international NGOs and charities have devoted immense attention to the millions of African children orphaned by the disease. But in Crying for Our Elders, anthropologist Kristen E. Cheney argues that these humanitarian groups have misread the ‘orphan crisis’. She explains how the global humanitarian focus on orphanhood often elides the social and political circumstances that actually present the greatest adversity to vulnerable children—in effect deepening the crisis and thereby affecting children’s lives as irrevocably as HIV/AIDS itself. Through ethnographic fieldwork and collaborative research with children in Uganda, Cheney traces how the “best interest” principle that governs children’s’ rights can stigmatize orphans and leave children in the post-antiretroviral era even more vulnerable to exploitation. She details the dramatic effects this has on traditional family support and child protection and stresses child empowerment over pity. Crying for Our Elders advances current discussions on humanitarianism, children’s studies, orphanhood, and kinship. By exploring the unique experience of AIDS orphanhood through the eyes of children, caregivers, and policymakers, Cheney shows that despite the extreme challenges of growing up in the era of HIV/AIDS, the post-ARV generation still holds out hope for the future.

Some Impressions of My Elders

Some Impressions of My Elders
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 334
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015030738390
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (90 Downloads)

Synopsis Some Impressions of My Elders by : St. John Greer Ervine

The Clear Word

The Clear Word
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Publisher : Review and Herald Pub Assoc
Total Pages : 1348
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ISBN-10 : 0970011164
ISBN-13 : 9780970011169
Rating : 4/5 (64 Downloads)

Synopsis The Clear Word by : Jack Blanco

This devotional paraphrase brings the thoughts expressed in the Bible into clear focus.The result is that you find not only more understanding in reading the Bible, but more joy. Perfect for devotional reading, this edition features an easier-to-use format.

Liahona

Liahona
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 844
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ISBN-10 : WISC:89077115640
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Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

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A Fraught Embrace

A Fraught Embrace
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 298
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ISBN-10 : 9780691183206
ISBN-13 : 0691183201
Rating : 4/5 (06 Downloads)

Synopsis A Fraught Embrace by : Ann Swidler

In the wake of the AIDS pandemic, legions of organizations and compassionate individuals from faraway places descended on Africa to offer help and save lives. Ann Swidler and Susan Cotts Watkins vividly describe the often mismatched expectations and fantasies of altruists who dream of transforming lives, of the villagers who desperately seek help, and of the brokers on whom both Western altruists and impoverished villagers must rely. Based on years of fieldwork in the heavily AIDS-affected country of Malawi, this incisive, irreverent book digs into the sprawling AIDS enterprise and unravels the paradoxes of policy and practice. All who want to do good—from idealistic volunteers to world-weary development professionals—depend on brokers as guides, fixers, and cultural translators. The mutual misunderstandings among these players create all the drama of a romance: longing, exhilaration, disappointment, heartache, and sometimes an enduring connection. A Fraught Embrace unveils the tangled relations of those involved in the collective struggle to contain an epidemic.

The Deseret Weekly

The Deseret Weekly
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Total Pages : 858
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ISBN-10 : WISC:89077115392
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

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