| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 234 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-225) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Child soldiers, iconography, and the (il)logic of extremes -- Children's involvement in war: the quandary of structure and agency -- Recipe for rebellion: civil war in Sierra Leone -- Negotiating power: research on and by child soldiers -- "Becoming RUF": the making of a child soldier -- "Being RUF": victimization, participation, and resistance -- "Put dey gon don": the unmaking of a child soldier -- New battlefields. |
| Summary |
"Tragically, violence and armed conflict have become commonplace in the lives of many children around the world. Not only have millions of children been forced to witness war and its atrocities, but many are drawn into conflict as active participants. Nowhere has this been more evident than in Sierra Leone during its 11-year civil war. Drawing upon in-depth interviews and focus groups with former child soldiers of Sierra Leone's rebel Revolutionary United Front, Myriam Denov compassionately examines how child soldiers are initiated into the complex world of violence and armed conflict. She also explores the ways in which the children leave this world of violence and the challenges they face when trying to renegotiate their lives and self-concepts in the aftermath of war. The narratives of the Sierra Leonean youth demonstrate that their life histories defy the narrow and limiting portrayals presented by the media and popular discourse"--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Revolutionary United Front -- Biography.
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Revolutionary United Front. |
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Biographies.
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| Subject |
Sierra Leonean Civil War (Sierra Leone : 1991-2002) |
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Revolutionary United Front. |
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Child soldiers -- Sierra Leone -- Interviews.
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Child soldiers. |
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Sierra Leone. |
| Genre/Form |
Interviews.
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Sierra Leone -- History -- Civil War, 1991-2002 -- Personal narratives.
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Sierra Leone -- History -- Civil War, 1991-2002 -- Participation, Juvenile.
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Life change events -- Sierra Leone -- Case studies.
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Life change events. |
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Case studies.
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Self-perception -- Sierra Leone -- Case studies.
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Self-perception. |
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Sierra Leone -- Biography.
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Sierra Leone -- Social conditions -- 1961-
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Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
1961- |
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Children and war -- Case studies.
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Children and war. |
| Chronological Term |
Since 1961 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Personal narratives.
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Biographies.
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Personal narratives.
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Case studies.
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Interviews.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Denov, Myriam S. Child soldiers. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010 9780521872249 (DLC) 2009054028 (OCoLC)498369813 |
| ISBN |
9780511680007 (electronic book) |
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0511680007 (electronic book) |
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9780511677502 (ebook) |
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0511677502 (ebook) |
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9780511681981 (electronic book) |
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0511681984 (electronic book) |
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9780511686474 (electronic book) |
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0511686471 (electronic book) |
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9780511682902 (electronic book) |
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0511682905 (electronic book) |
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9780511676475 (electronic book) |
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0511676476 (electronic book) |
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9780521872249 (hardback) |
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0521872243 (hardback) |
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9780521693219 (paperback) |
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0521693217 (paperback) |
| Standard No. |
9786612536298 |
