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Children of Afghanistan : The Path to Peace.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Louann Atkins Temple Women and Culture SeriesPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (389 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780292759329
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Children of AfghanistanDDC classification:
  • 305.2309581
LOC classification:
  • HQ792
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction (Jennifer Heath) -- PART 1. The Way We Were -- The Way We're Seen -- 1. Before the Wars: Memories of Childhood in the Pre-Soviet Era (Amina Kator-Mubarez) -- 2. Narratives of Afghan Childhood: Risk, Resilience, and the Experiences That Shape the Development of Afghanistan as a People and a Nation (Anne E. Brodsky) -- 3. Jumping Rope in Prison: The Representation of Afghan Children in Film (Teresa Cutler-Broyles) -- PART 2. Ties That Bind: The Family in Rebound -- 4. Love, Fear, and Discipline in Afghan Families (Deborah J. Smith) -- 5. Children Who Live with Their Mothers in Prison (Esther Hyneman) -- 6. Little Brides and Bridegrooms: Systemic Failure, Cultural Response (Sharifa Sharif) -- PART 3. Survival by Any Means Possible -- 7. Confronting Child Labor (Amanda Sim) -- 8. The Parakeet Boys: Performing Education in the Streets of Kabul (Wahid Omar) -- 9. Child Soldiering in Afghanistan (Delphine Boutin) -- 10. Legal Protection: Offering Aid and Comfort (Hangama Anwari) -- PART 4. To Be Whole in Mind and Body -- 11. Children's Health: The Challenge of Survival (Steven Solter) -- 12. Food Security and Nutrition for Afghan Children (Fitsum Assefa, Annalies Borrel, and Charlotte Dufour) -- 13. Desperately Seeking Harun: Children with Disabilities (Lael Adams Mohib) -- 14. "Life Feeds on Hope": Family Mental Health, Culture, and Resilience (Mark Eggerman and Catherine Panter-Brick) -- PART 5. Education: Nurturing the Future -- 15. Education in Transition: A Key Concern for Young Afghan Returnees (Mamiko Saito) -- 16. Primary and Secondary Education: Exponential Growth and Prospects for the Future (Omar Qargha) -- 17. Music and Literacy: A New Approach to Education (Louise M. Pascale) -- PART 6. Communicating Empowerment -- 18. "Thanks God for the Twitter and the Facebook! Thanks God for That!" (Lauryn Oates).
19. The New Storytellers of Afghanistan (Joanna Sherman) -- 20. Six Epiphanies: Testament to Change from Inside an Afghan Orphanage (Ian Pounds) -- Epilogue: Imagining the Future (Ashraf Zahedi) -- Selected Bibliography and Filmography -- About the Contributors -- Index.
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Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction (Jennifer Heath) -- PART 1. The Way We Were -- The Way We're Seen -- 1. Before the Wars: Memories of Childhood in the Pre-Soviet Era (Amina Kator-Mubarez) -- 2. Narratives of Afghan Childhood: Risk, Resilience, and the Experiences That Shape the Development of Afghanistan as a People and a Nation (Anne E. Brodsky) -- 3. Jumping Rope in Prison: The Representation of Afghan Children in Film (Teresa Cutler-Broyles) -- PART 2. Ties That Bind: The Family in Rebound -- 4. Love, Fear, and Discipline in Afghan Families (Deborah J. Smith) -- 5. Children Who Live with Their Mothers in Prison (Esther Hyneman) -- 6. Little Brides and Bridegrooms: Systemic Failure, Cultural Response (Sharifa Sharif) -- PART 3. Survival by Any Means Possible -- 7. Confronting Child Labor (Amanda Sim) -- 8. The Parakeet Boys: Performing Education in the Streets of Kabul (Wahid Omar) -- 9. Child Soldiering in Afghanistan (Delphine Boutin) -- 10. Legal Protection: Offering Aid and Comfort (Hangama Anwari) -- PART 4. To Be Whole in Mind and Body -- 11. Children's Health: The Challenge of Survival (Steven Solter) -- 12. Food Security and Nutrition for Afghan Children (Fitsum Assefa, Annalies Borrel, and Charlotte Dufour) -- 13. Desperately Seeking Harun: Children with Disabilities (Lael Adams Mohib) -- 14. "Life Feeds on Hope": Family Mental Health, Culture, and Resilience (Mark Eggerman and Catherine Panter-Brick) -- PART 5. Education: Nurturing the Future -- 15. Education in Transition: A Key Concern for Young Afghan Returnees (Mamiko Saito) -- 16. Primary and Secondary Education: Exponential Growth and Prospects for the Future (Omar Qargha) -- 17. Music and Literacy: A New Approach to Education (Louise M. Pascale) -- PART 6. Communicating Empowerment -- 18. "Thanks God for the Twitter and the Facebook! Thanks God for That!" (Lauryn Oates).

19. The New Storytellers of Afghanistan (Joanna Sherman) -- 20. Six Epiphanies: Testament to Change from Inside an Afghan Orphanage (Ian Pounds) -- Epilogue: Imagining the Future (Ashraf Zahedi) -- Selected Bibliography and Filmography -- About the Contributors -- Index.

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