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Hierarchies of care : girls, motherhood, and inequality in Peru

Van Vleet, Krista E., 1965- author

2019

Overview

\"Palomitáy is an orphanage in highland Peru that provides a home for unmarried mothers as young as twelve years old. In their ordinary lives, these young women encounter diverse social expectations and face moral dilemmas. They endeavor to create a 'good life' for themselves and their children in a context complicated by competing demands, economic uncertainties, and structured relations of power. Drawing on a year of qualitative on-site research, Krista E. Van Vleet offers an ethnography of Palomitáy's young women. She pays particular attention to the moral entanglements that emerge via people's efforts to provide care amid the inequalities and insecurities of today's Peru. State and nonstate participants involved in the women's intimate lives influence how the women see themselves as mothers, students, and citizens. Both deserving of care and responsible for caring for others, the young women must navigate practices interwoven with a range of a racial, gendered, and class hierarchies\" -- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Subject: Unmarried mothers Services for Peru Cuzco. / Unmarried mothers Peru Cuzco. / Girls Peru Cuzco. / Motherhood Peru Cuzco. / Maternity homes Peru Cuzco. / Orphanages Peru Cuzco. / Cuzco (Peru) Social conditions 1968-
• ISBN: 9780252042782, 0252042786, 9780252084614, 0252084616

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
HV1425.C36 2019	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE