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Book/Printed Material Violent exceptions : children's human rights and humanitarian rhetorics

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Title

  • Violent exceptions : children's human rights and humanitarian rhetorics

Summary

  • "Examines the child-in-peril in twenty-first century political discourse to better understand the assemblages of power and exceptionality in contemporary discourse. Analyzes images and stories of child migrants, child refugees, undocumented children, child soldiers, and children who are victims of war, terrorism, and state violence"-- Provided by publisher.

Names

  • Hesford, Wendy S., author.

Created / Published

  • Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2021]

Contents

  • Introduction: Children's rights and humanitarian rationalities -- "No tears here": humanitarian recognition, liminality, and the child refugee -- Trafficking global girlhoods, terrorism, and humanitarian celebrity -- Humanitarian futures: disability exceptionalism and African child soldier narratives -- Humanitarian negations: Black childhoods and US carceral systems -- Queer optics: humanitarian thresholds and transgender children's rights -- Coda: "Walls as we see them".

Headings

  • -  Children--Social conditions
  • -  Children's rights
  • -  Human rights

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-248) and index.
  • -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

  • 1 electronic resource (xx, 260 pages )

Call Number/Physical Location

  • HQ789

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020716607

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Access Advisory

  • Unrestricted online access

Online Format

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  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Hesford, Wendy S., Author. Violent Exceptions: Children's Human Rights and Humanitarian Rhetorics. [Columbus: The Ohio State University Press, 2021] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020716607/.

APA citation style:

Hesford, W. S. (2021) Violent Exceptions: Children's Human Rights and Humanitarian Rhetorics. [Columbus: The Ohio State University Press] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020716607/.

MLA citation style:

Hesford, Wendy S., Author. Violent Exceptions: Children's Human Rights and Humanitarian Rhetorics. [Columbus: The Ohio State University Press, 2021] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2020716607/>.