Life in a Cambodian orphanage : a childhood journey for new opportunities /

Life in a Cambodian orphanage : a childhood journey for new opportunities /

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Author / Creator:	Carpenter, Kathie Lou, author.
Imprint:	New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2021]
Description:	1 online resource.
Language:	English
Series:	Rutgers series in childhood studies Rutgers series in childhood studies.
Subject:	Orphanages -- Cambodia. Orphans -- Cambodia -- Social conditions. Orphanages. Orphans -- Social conditions. Cambodia.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13457750

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ISBN:	9781978804869 1978804865 9781978804883 1978804881 9781978804845 1978804849 9781978804852 1978804857
Summary:	"What is it like to grow up in an orphanage? What do residents themselves have to say about their experiences? Are there ways that orphanages can be designed to meet children's developmental needs and to provide them with necessities they are unable to receive in their home communities? In this book, detailed observations of children's daily life in a Cambodian orphanage are combined with follow-up interviews of the same children after they have grown and left the orphanage. Their thoughtful reflections show that the quality of care children receive is more important for their well-being than the site in which they receive it. Life in a Cambodian Orphanage situates orphanages within the social and political history of Cambodia, and shows that orphanages need not always be considered bleak sites of deprivation and despair. It suggests best practices for caring for vulnerable children regardless of the setting in which they are living"--
Other form:	Print version: 9781978804845 1978804849 9781978804852 1978804857

Table of Contents:

History of orphanages in Cambodia
Orphanage tourism and the anti-orphanage tourism campaign
Methods
The rhythms of daily life in the orphanage
The orphanage remembered: milestones and experiences
Reflecting back and looking ahead.