Hunger and Shame: Child Malnutrition and Poverty on Mount Kilimanjaro / Edition 1

Hunger and Shame: Child Malnutrition and Poverty on Mount Kilimanjaro / Edition 1

ISBN-10:
0415916143
ISBN-13:
9780415916141
Pub. Date:
09/16/1997
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
ISBN-10:
0415916143
ISBN-13:
9780415916141
Pub. Date:
09/16/1997
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
Hunger and Shame: Child Malnutrition and Poverty on Mount Kilimanjaro / Edition 1

Hunger and Shame: Child Malnutrition and Poverty on Mount Kilimanjaro / Edition 1

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Overview

Hunger and Shame is a passionate account of child malnutrition in a relatively wealthy populace, the Chagga in Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Views of family members, health workers and government officials provide insights into the complex of ideas, institutions and human fallibility that sustain the shame of malnutrition in the mountains.

Discussing the moral and practical dilemmas posed by the presence of malnourished children in the community, the authors explore the shame associated with child hunger in relation to social organization, colonial history and the global economy. Their discussions challenge the reader to ask fundamental questions concerning ethics, the politics of poverty and shame and social relations.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780415916141
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 09/16/1997
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 296
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

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.

Table 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

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