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Atlantic Childhoods in Global Contexts (Paperback)
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Atlantic Childhoods in Global Contexts explores childhood and youth
in the Global South. The term childhood often conjures images of
innocence, vulnerability and the need for protection, but this book
suggests that, in colonial contexts, these images need to be
re-examined. In fact, as the articles in this collection
demonstrate, deviance, culpability, and a presumed autonomy were
the more popular notions of childhood in the colonial context.
These notions were held by the various actors in the colonial
drama, not only colonial officials but interestingly enough often
by the colonized people themselves. Furthermore, traditional
notions of childhood as a period of total dependency are challenged
in this collection, as the various authors explore the ways in
which children were pro-active agents who shaped notions of
childhood and therefore our understanding of the history of
childhood. This collection provides in-depth analysis and offers
new perspectives on how children were imagined and constructed
(both legally and informally) in the colonial context. The
contributions cover a broad geographic range that spans the
Caribbean, Latin America, Africa, and India. Each of the authors
explore the ways in which the interplay of Atlantic and Global
influences shaped young people's experiences, as well as the
discourses that were used to articulate concerns about youth. The
themes explored in this collection include the pathologization of
childhood, juvenile delinquency, cultural creativity, and the use
of child labour. The book ends with an interview by Sara Austin of
World Vision Canada who discusses the ways in which the UN
Convention on the Rights of the Child neglected to include the
voices of children until 2014. This book was originally published
as a special issue of Atlantic Studies: Global Currents.
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