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At Home in the Street: Street Children of Northeast Brazil

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4.8 out of 5
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Book Description
Through innovative fieldwork and ethnographic writing, Hecht lays bare the received truths about the lives of Brazilian street children. This book changes the terms of the debate, asking not why there are so many homeless children in Brazil but why - given the oppressive alternative of home life in the shantytowns - there are in fact so few. Speaking in recorded sessions that participants called "... More
Book Information
PublisherCambridge University Press
BindingHardcover (2 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages279
ISBN-100521591325
ISBN-13978-0521591324
Publication Date05/13/1998
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About Tobias Hecht (Author) : Tobias Hecht is a published author and an editor. Published credits of Tobias Hecht include Minor Omissions: Children in Latin American History and Society (Living in Latin America).
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