Inhabiting 'Childhood': Children, Labour and Schooling in Postcolonial India

• Author(s): S. Balagopalan,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 237
• ISBN_10: 1137316799
  ISBN_13: 9781137316790
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / Children's Studies , Social Science / General , Social Science / Anthropology / General , Social Science / Sociology / General , Political Science / Public Policy / Social Policy , Education / History , Family & Relationships / Life Stages / General , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Political Science / Public Policy / General ,

Description:... Through a rich ethnography of street and working children in Calcutta, India, this book offers the first sustained enquiry into postcolonial childhoods, arguing that the lingering effects of colonialism are central to comprehending why these children struggle to inhabit the transition from labour to schooling.