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

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

S. Balagopalan

Format: Print Book

ISBN: 9781349333561

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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.

Publication Year: 2014
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: P
Weight (Gram): 326






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