Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-248) and index.
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".
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.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.