Infants, Children, and Youth: Multi-sited Stories of Adversity from South Asia to Australia

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María Florencia Amigó Nila Ginger Hofman

Infants, Children, and Youth

Multi-sited Stories of Adversity from South Asia to Australia

María Florencia Amigó, Nila Ginger Hofman, Janise Hurtig

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English

Lived Places Publishing
28 May 2025

Age groups: children; Social & cultural anthropology; Child & developmental psychology

Series: Cultural Anthropology

How does the place, economy, and culture of where a person is born and raised impact the development of their personhood over their life course?

Drawing from five case studies across diverse global contexts, social anthropologist María Florencia Amigó considers how cultural identity, engrained beliefs and practices, and economic determinants can shape destinies, by looking at how babies become children, and children become independent adults.

Connecting stories across disconnected and distant places, Infants, Children, and Youth explores growing up in adverse contexts. Beginning with early childhood malnutrition and stunting in Aceh, Indonesia, the book moves through the life course to next consider young children of migrant parents in Sydney, Australia. Back in Indonesia, older children contribute to their families' survival by working as domestic helpers, sand miners, and labourers in tobacco plantations in the island of Lombok. In their teenage years, Nepalese maidens and young men negotiate autonomy and early marriage. Finally, Amigó documents the transition from high school to workplace for youth from disadvantaged Sydney suburbs.

Addressing themes such as health, work, education, and social reproduction, this book is ideal reading for students of Anthropology, Human Geography, Sociology, Education, Cultural Studies, and Gerontology.

By: María Florencia Amigó
Edited by: Nila Ginger Hofman, Janise Hurtig
Imprint: Lived Places Publishing
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 200g
ISBN: 9781916704046
ISBN 10: 1916704042
Series: Cultural Anthropology
Pages: 142
Publication Date: 28 May 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

María Florencia Amigó PhD is a Senior Interdisciplinary Lecturer at the University of Sydney.