CHYS 2P38 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Tobias Hecht, Allostatic Load, Street Children
17 Feb 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Sharon stevens in children and the politics of culture (1995) argues that children who are out of place are seen both at risk and as risks. At risk of poor physical, mental or social health outcomes, sexual or economic exploitation. As risks as potential criminals or as embarrassing reminders of failed governance. Wells- the street is a metaphor for the public sphere, in contrast to the private space of the family, to which the modern child properly belongs. Judith ennew (2003) argued that the street child is socially constructed in opposition to normative social meanings: Home: street cannot be a home, street is not where the family is. Moral: street child is living an amoral existence, existence is unnecessary, risky and harmful. Cross-cultural evidence shows much of this to be untrue. Children on the streets are children who spend a significant amount of time on the streets to meet economic needs.
