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Drawing on life histories of several children, this book shows that children and childhood are being redefined by desires of a young country struggling to position itself in international community. It reveals how Ugandans are constructing childhood as an identity for development of nation.

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"With Pillars of the Nation, Kristen Cheney has admirably succeeded in providing a culturally informed ethnographic study of the predicament of children in contemporary Uganda. Here, she shows how Ugandan children in diverse and often problematic situations seek to establish through their own agency a meaningful life not always in agreement with cultural codes, national social agendas, and ideologies enforced by international agencies and programs to assist them. This is an impressive and original work." - Philip Kilbride, Bryn Mawr College"

Pillars of the Nation Child Citizens and Ugandan

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      Publisher: University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 10/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780226102474, 978-0226102474
      ISBN10: 0226102475
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      Age groups: children

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Drawing on life histories of several children, this book shows that children and childhood are being redefined by desires of a young country struggling to position itself in international community. It reveals how Ugandans are constructing childhood as an identity for development of nation.

      Trade Review
      "With Pillars of the Nation, Kristen Cheney has admirably succeeded in providing a culturally informed ethnographic study of the predicament of children in contemporary Uganda. Here, she shows how Ugandan children in diverse and often problematic situations seek to establish through their own agency a meaningful life not always in agreement with cultural codes, national social agendas, and ideologies enforced by international agencies and programs to assist them. This is an impressive and original work." - Philip Kilbride, Bryn Mawr College"

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