Sharon Stephens is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology and School of Social Work at the University of Michigan and is Senior Research Associate at the Norwegian Centre for Child Research in Trondheim, Norway.

"Through a series of essays that explore the global dimensions of children at risk, an international group of researchers and policymakers discuss the notion of children's rights, and in particular the claim that every child has a right to a cultural identity. This stimulating volume should interest social scientists across many fields, particularly anthropologists and area specialists, who will benefit from the largely ethnographically based studies it contains."--The Journal of Asian Studies

• PrefaceIntroduction: Children and the Politics of Culture in "Late Capitalism"Pt. 1Children and Childhoods at Risk in the "New World Order"Ch. 1The Child as Laborer and Consumer: The Disappearance of Childhood in Contemporary Japan51Ch. 2Have You Seen Me? Recovering the Inner Child in Late Twentieth-Century America79Ch. 3Children's Rights in a Free-Market Culture105Pt. 2Children, Cultural Identity, and the StateCh. 4Children in the Examination War in South Korea: A Cultural Analysis141Ch. 5Children's Stories and the State in New Order Indonesia169Ch. 6Children, Population Policy, and the State in Singapore184Ch. 7Youth and the Politics of Culture in South Africa218Pt. 3Children and the Politics of Minority Cultural IdentityCh. 8"There's a Time to Act English and a Time to Act Indian": The Politics of Identity among British-Sikh Teenagers243Ch. 9Second-Generation Noncitizens: Children of the Turkish Migrant Diaspora in Germany265Ch. 10Children, Politics, and Culture: The Case of Brazilian Indians282Ch. 11The "Cultural Fallout" of Chernobyl Radiation in Norwegian Sami Regions: Implications for Children292Pt. 4The Recovery and Reconstruction of Childhood?Ch. 12Recovering Childhood: Children in South African National Reconstruction321Appendix: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child335About the Contributors353Index357

Sharon Stephens is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology and School of Social Work at the University of Michigan and is Senior Research Associate at the Norwegian Centre for Child Research in Trondheim, Norway.

"Through a series of essays that explore the global dimensions of children at risk, an international group of researchers and policymakers discuss the notion of children's rights, and in particular the claim that every child has a right to a cultural identity. This stimulating volume should interest social scientists across many fields, particularly anthropologists and area specialists, who will benefit from the largely ethnographically based studies it contains."--The Journal of Asian Studies

• PrefaceIntroduction: Children and the Politics of Culture in "Late Capitalism"Pt. 1Children and Childhoods at Risk in the "New World Order"Ch. 1The Child as Laborer and Consumer: The Disappearance of Childhood in Contemporary Japan51Ch. 2Have You Seen Me? Recovering the Inner Child in Late Twentieth-Century America79Ch. 3Children's Rights in a Free-Market Culture105Pt. 2Children, Cultural Identity, and the StateCh. 4Children in the Examination War in South Korea: A Cultural Analysis141Ch. 5Children's Stories and the State in New Order Indonesia169Ch. 6Children, Population Policy, and the State in Singapore184Ch. 7Youth and the Politics of Culture in South Africa218Pt. 3Children and the Politics of Minority Cultural IdentityCh. 8"There's a Time to Act English and a Time to Act Indian": The Politics of Identity among British-Sikh Teenagers243Ch. 9Second-Generation Noncitizens: Children of the Turkish Migrant Diaspora in Germany265Ch. 10Children, Politics, and Culture: The Case of Brazilian Indians282Ch. 11The "Cultural Fallout" of Chernobyl Radiation in Norwegian Sami Regions: Implications for Children292Pt. 4The Recovery and Reconstruction of Childhood?Ch. 12Recovering Childhood: Children in South African National Reconstruction321Appendix: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child335About the Contributors353Index357

Sharon Stephens is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology and School of Social Work at the University of Michigan and is Senior Research Associate at the Norwegian Centre for Child Research in Trondheim, Norway.

"Through a series of essays that explore the global dimensions of children at risk, an international group of researchers and policymakers discuss the notion of children's rights, and in particular the claim that every child has a right to a cultural identity. This stimulating volume should interest social scientists across many fields, particularly anthropologists and area specialists, who will benefit from the largely ethnographically based studies it contains."--The Journal of Asian Studies

• PrefaceIntroduction: Children and the Politics of Culture in "Late Capitalism"Pt. 1Children and Childhoods at Risk in the "New World Order"Ch. 1The Child as Laborer and Consumer: The Disappearance of Childhood in Contemporary Japan51Ch. 2Have You Seen Me? Recovering the Inner Child in Late Twentieth-Century America79Ch. 3Children's Rights in a Free-Market Culture105Pt. 2Children, Cultural Identity, and the StateCh. 4Children in the Examination War in South Korea: A Cultural Analysis141Ch. 5Children's Stories and the State in New Order Indonesia169Ch. 6Children, Population Policy, and the State in Singapore184Ch. 7Youth and the Politics of Culture in South Africa218Pt. 3Children and the Politics of Minority Cultural IdentityCh. 8"There's a Time to Act English and a Time to Act Indian": The Politics of Identity among British-Sikh Teenagers243Ch. 9Second-Generation Noncitizens: Children of the Turkish Migrant Diaspora in Germany265Ch. 10Children, Politics, and Culture: The Case of Brazilian Indians282Ch. 11The "Cultural Fallout" of Chernobyl Radiation in Norwegian Sami Regions: Implications for Children292Pt. 4The Recovery and Reconstruction of Childhood?Ch. 12Recovering Childhood: Children in South African National Reconstruction321Appendix: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child335About the Contributors353Index357