Circulation of Children Kinship, Adoption, and Morality in Andean Peru

Name: Circulation of Children Kinship, Adoption, and Morality in Andean Peru
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ISBN: 9780822341970

ISBN-10: 0822341972

ISBN-13: 9780822341970

Edition: 2008

Authors: Jessaca B. Leinaweaver, Sonia Saldï¿½var-Hull, Walter D. Mignolo, Irene Silverblatt

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In this vivid 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 regulating legal adoptions. Leinaweaver demonstrates that such an understanding of the practice is simplistic and misleading. Her in-depth ethnographic analysis reveals child circulation to be a meaningful, pragmatic social practice for poor and indigenous Peruvians, a flexible…

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List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 11/26/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 6.20" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Peter Phillips is the director of Project Censored & an associate professor of sociology at Sonoma State University. Phillips writes op-ed pieces in the alternative press & independent newspapers nationwide. He frequently speaks on media censorship & various sociopolitical issues on radio & TV talk shows, including "Talk of the Nation", "Public Interest", "Talk America", "Democracy Now!", & the "Jim Hightower Show".



About the Series


Acknowledgments


A Note on Translation


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



Superacion: The Strategic Uses of Child Circulation



Pertenecer: Knowledge and Kinship



Circulating Children, at Home and Abroad


Glossary


Notes


Bibliography


Index