Hidden Heads of Households

Child Labor in Urban Northeast Brazil

Mary Lorena Kenny

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English

University of Toronto Press
02 January 2007

Urban communities; Social & cultural anthropology; Central government policies; Labour economics; Industrial relations; Advocacy; Family law: children

Series: Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom

In the cities of Northeast Brazil where 50 per cent of the population lives in poverty, children play a key role in the local economy-in their households, in formal jobs, and in the thriving informal sector (washing cars, shining shoes, scavenging for recyclables, etc.). Why children migrate to the city, how they negotiate their existence, and why they stay are just some of the questions addressed in this fascinating study.

Mary Kenny spent close to 15 years in the urban areas of Northeast Brazil talking with and interviewing children. She even gave them disposable cameras to document their daily lives (many of the photographs they took are included). Rather than lament a lost childhood, or try to save these children, Kenny explores some of the complex conditions under which these children work and live. She illustrates how unrelenting scarcity shapes family and, by extension, children's options, decisions, and worldviews.

The issues raised in this book are of critical importance. There are no easy answers, but listening to how these children define themselves and their circumstances is an important step towards understanding and ultimately solving economic and social inequality.

By: Mary Lorena Kenny
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 240g
ISBN: 9781442600843
ISBN 10: 1442600845
Series: Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 02 January 2007
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Researching Child Labor 3. Situating Poor Childhoods 4. Olinda 5. Work and School in Urban Brazil 6. Street Children in Northeast Brazil 7. Conclusion Appendix A: Sample Survey Appendix B: Organizations that Address the Issue of Child Labor References Index

Mary Lorena Kenny is Professor of Anthropology at Eastern Connecticut State University. She is the author of Hidden Heads of Households: Child Labor in Urban Northeast Brazil (2007).

Reviews for Hidden Heads of Households: Child Labor in Urban Northeast Brazil

Kenny treats the often taboo topic of child labor with clear-eyed perception and a bracing lack of sentimentality. - Barbara J. Price, Columbia University