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100 1 _aWolseth, Jon,
_d1975-
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245 1 0 _aLife on the Malecón :
_bchildren and youth on the streets of Santo Domingo /
_cJon Wolseth.
260 _aNew Brunswick, New Jersey :
_bRutgers University Press,
_c(c)2014.
300 _a1 online resource (xi, 216 pages)
336 _atext
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338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aThe Rutgers series in childhood studies
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505 0 0 _aOutreach work --
_tStructural conditions --
_tFriendship and everyday violence on the street.
520 0 _aLife on the Malecón is a narrative ethnography of the lives of street children and youth living in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and the non-governmental organizations that provide social services for them. Writing from the perspective of an anthropologist working as a street educator with a child welfare organization, Jon M. Wolseth follows the intersecting lives of children, the institutions they come into contact with, and the relationships they have with each other, their families, and organization workers. Often socioeconomic conditions push these children to move from their homes to the streets, but sometimes they themselves may choose the allure of the perceived freedoms and opportunities that street life has to offer. What they find, instead, is violence, disease, and exploitation --
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650 0 _aStreet youth
_zDominican Republic
_zSanto Domingo.
650 0 _aStreet children
_zDominican Republic
_zSanto Domingo.
650 0 _aChild welfare
_zDominican Republic
_zSanto Domingo.
650 0 _aSocial work with youth
_zDominican Republic
_zSanto Domingo.
655 1 _aElectronic Books.
856 4 0 _uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=659877&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518
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_bCynthia Snell
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_dCynthia Snell