Howard / Millard Hunger and Shame

Child Malnutrition and Poverty on Mount Kilimanjaro
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-1-136-04926-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 296 Seiten

In discussing the moral and practical dilemmas posed by the malnourished children in Mount Kilimanjaro, the authors explore the shame associated with child hunger in relation to social organization, colonial history and global economy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Howard, Mary

Millard, Ann V.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Shame of Hunger
2. To the Mountain and an Early Confrontation with Death
3. Poverty Amidst Plenty
4. On the Road to the Margins
5. "These People": Institutional Discrimation and Resistance by the Poor
6. Sex and the Shame of Kwashiorkor
7. The Meaning of a Child
8. Conflict in Families
9. Child Favoritism and Malnutrition
10. The NURU Experience
Endnotes
Appendix A: Comparisons of Tanzania, Kenya, Malawi, the United Kingdom, and the United States
Appendix B: Households Characteristics, Child Malnutrition, and Maternal Knowledge: A Survey at Child Health Clinics in Kilimanjaro, 1972
Appendix C: Research by Mary Howard on Mt. Kilimanjaro: Participant Observation, Interviews, Survey Research, and Analyses of Health Statistics.

Über Autor(innen)

Mary Howard is Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Ohio Wesleyan University. She has extensive fieldwork experience on Mt. Kilimanjaro. Ann Millard is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Michigan State University.