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The Circulation of Children
Kinship, Adoption, and Morality in Andean Peru
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Jessaca B. Leinaweaver
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Edited by:
Walter D. Mignolo
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English
Published/Copyright:
2008
About this book
Analyzes the practice of informal adoption and child circulation between communities in Peru, showing how these historical practices respond to and are constrained by state and international efforts to concretize family and love.
Author / Editor information
Jessaca B. Leinaweaver is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Brown University.
Reviews
“The Circulation of Children is a real contribution to several fields, including kinship studies and Andean studies. Jessaca B. Leinaweaver has done substantial fieldwork in an important region of South America on a topic of great current interest and lasting scholarly importance.”—Mary Weismantel, author of Cholas and Pishtacos: Stories of Race and Sex in the Andes
“In this highly readable, quite original study of the practice of child circulation, Jessaca B. Leinaweaver discusses the social, economic, racial, gender, legal, and moral contours of that practice; locates it in a complex web of local, regional, and national vectors of culture and power; and offers a nuanced interpretation of it as neither entirely benevolent nor completely exploitative. Leinaweaver is respectful and empathetic, and her book is rich in ethnographic information, thick descriptions, and personal stories.”—Carlos Aguirre, author of The Criminals of Lima and Their Worlds: The Prison Experience, 1850–1935
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eBook published on:
November 26, 2008
eBook ISBN:
9780822391500
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
248
Other:
11 illustrations, 2 maps
