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The circulation of children : kinship, adoption, and morality in Andean Peru

Author: Jessaca B Leinaweaver
Publisher: Durham : Duke University Press, ©2008.
Series: Latin America otherwise.
Edition/Format:   Book : English
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"In this ethnography, Jessaca B. Leinaweaver explores "child circulation," informal arrangements in which indigenous Andean children are sent by their parents to live in other households. At first glance, child circulation appears tantamount to child abandonment. When seen in that light, the practice is a violation of international norms regarding children's rights, guidelines that the Peruvian state relies on in  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Jessaca B Leinaweaver
ISBN: 9780822341819 0822341816 9780822341970 0822341972
OCLC Number: 209334798
Description: xiv, 225 p. : ill., 2 maps ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction: moving children in Ayacucho --
Ayacucho: histories of violence and ethnography --
International adoption: the globalization of kinship --
Puericulture and Andean orphanhood --
Companionship and custom: the mechanics of child circulation --
Superación: the strategic uses of child circulation --
Pertenecer: knowledge and kinship --
Circulating children, at home and abroad.
Series Title: Latin America otherwise.
Responsibility: Jessaca B. Leinaweaver.
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Explores 'child circulation,' informal arrangements in which indigenous Andean children are sent by their parents to live in other households. This book reveals child circulation to be a meaningful,  Read more...

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