At Home in the Street: Street Children of Northeast Brazil
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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
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Binding | Hardcover (2 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 279 |
ISBN-10 | 0521591325 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0521591324 |
Publication Date | 05/13/1998 |
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