ISBN:
9783030236861
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (240 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
355.008309861
Keywords:
Electronic books
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Child soldiers-Colombia-History
Abstract:
Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1 Introduction: The Children of the Las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) -- References -- 2 Children and War: A Global Perspective -- Introduction -- Children and War -- The Historical Global Context -- Why Do Children Join Armed Groups? -- Poverty and Powerlessness -- Ideology -- Replicating Social Structures of Peacetime -- Initiation Rites -- Enjoying Violence -- Normalisation of War -- Colombia -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 Entering the Field -- Introduction -- The Research Terrain -- Entering the Field -- Ethnography with Former Child Combatants -- Living in Medellin -- The Second Phase -- Building Trust -- 'Me quedo callado', Navigating the Silences -- Limitations -- Sexual Harassment -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 The Lifeworld -- Introduction -- Lifeworlds in Colombia -- The Lifeworld, the Subjective and the Social -- Knowledge -- Communication -- Gender -- Memory -- Place -- Consciousness, Identity and the Lifeworld -- Observing and Learning About Phenomena -- Entering Consciousness and Sedimentation -- Multiple Worlds, Shifting Worlds -- Growing Up in the World of Violence -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 The Militarised Lifeworlds of Children in Colombia -- Introduction -- 'The Whole World Is a War' -- The World of Violence -- Performative Violence, Drug Trafficking, Cocaine -- Structural Inequalities and Violence -- Honour, Guns and Child Recruitment -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 'I'm a Soldier': Life Inside the Armed Group -- Introduction -- Armed Groups, Violence and Collective Identity -- The FARC -- Separation -- Training -- Memory -- Creating an Other -- Shifting into the Guerrilla Identity -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 Coming Home: The Unmaking of a Child Soldier -- Introduction -- Reintegration and the Colombian Peace Process.
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