Pillars of the Nation Child Citizens and Ugandan National Development

Name: Pillars of the Nation Child Citizens and Ugandan National Development
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ISBN: 9780226102481

ISBN-10: 0226102483

ISBN-13: 9780226102481

Edition: 2007

Authors: Kristen E. Cheney

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How can children simultaneously be the most important and least powerful people in a nation? In her innovative ethnography of Ugandan children--the pillars of tomorrow's Uganda, according to the national youth anthem--Kristen E. Cheney answers this question by exploring the daily contradictions children face as they try to find their places amid the country's rapidly changing social conditions. Drawing on the detailed life histories of several children, Cheney shows that children and childhood are being redefined by the desires of a young country struggling to position itself in the international community. She moves between urban schools, music festivals, and war zones to reveal how…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 10/1/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 0.62" wide x 0.88" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: The Role of Ugandan Child Citizens in the Struggle for National Development



Global Rights Discourses, National Developments, and Local Childhoods



Crucial Components of Child Citizenship



"Education for All": The Dilemma of Children's Educational Attainment, National Development, and Class Mobility



"Speaking the English of a Ugandan Person": The Intersections of Children's Identity Formation



Children's Political Socialization: Engagement and Disempowerment



Actualizations



"Village Life Is Better Than Town Life": Identity, Migration, and Development in the Lives of Ugandan Child Citizens



"Our Children Have Only Known War": The Predicament of Children and Childhood in Northern Uganda



"Did the Constitution Produce My Children!?": Cultural Production and Contestation in Uganda's National Primary School Music Festivals


Epilogue


Notes


References


Index