Incarcerated Childhood and the Politics of Unchilding

by Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian

Book Overview

Who has the right to a safe and protected childhood? Incarcerated Childhood and the Politics of Unchilding deepens understanding of children as political capital in the hands of those in power, critically engaging children's voices alongside archival, historical, and ethnographic material in Palestine. Offering the concept of unchilding', Shalhoub-Kevorkian exposes the political work of violence designed to create, direct, govern, transform, and construct...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108429874
• ISBN13: 9781108429870
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.3"