Atlantic Childhoods in Global Contexts

Name: Atlantic Childhoods in Global Contexts
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Atlantic Childhoods in Global ContextsAuthor(s): Audra Diptee, David Trotman\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138658356, 978-1138658356\nSynopsis\nAtlantic 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 childr.