Hunger and Shame - Child Malnutrition and Poverty on Mount Kilimanjaro

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.

List of contents

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 Discrimination 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

About the author

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.

Summary

First Published in 1998. 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.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Howard, Howard Mary, Ann V Millard, Ann V. Millard, Millard Ann V.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.09.1997
• EAN: 9780415916141
• ISBN: 978-0-415-91614-1
• No. of pages: 296
• Weight: 550 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, Anthropology, Society & culture: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies, Society and culture: general, Poverty and precarity