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Title: | ‘Once upon a time …’ Orphanhood, childhood studies and the depoliticisation of childhood poverty in southern Africa |
Authors: | Ansell, N |
Keywords: | Agency;AIDS;Orphanhood;Poverty;Southern Africa |
Issue Date: | 2016 |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Citation: | Childhood, 23(2): pp. 162-177, (2015) |
Abstract: | Policy, interventions and research concerning southern African children remain dominated by a focus on AIDS-related orphanhood, although the association between orphanhood and disadvantage is highly questionable. I argue that the trope of the AIDS orphan serves a range of agendas, including for academic research. In particular, orphans represent the quintessential childagent, celebrated in fairytales and fiction. Finally, I examine how this has led to a policy response – education bursaries – that cannot adequately address childhood poverty in the region. |
URI: | http://chd.sagepub.com/content/early/2015/06/11/0907568215589419 http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/11073 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0907568215589419 |
ISSN: | 0907-5682 |
Appears in Collections: | Sociology Dept of Health Sciences Research Papers |
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