Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Structural Forces Impacting Young Lives -- Children as Cultural Agents -- Structure and Agency on Dominican Streets -- Organization of Book -- Methods: The Anthropologist as Outreach Educator -- Chapter 1: Outreach Work -- Living and Sleeping on the Malecón -- Crying Wolf -- Going Home -- The First Hurdle -- Telling the Truth -- Back on the Conde -- Commentary -- Chapter 2: Structural Conditions -- Finding Panchito -- Entering Rehab -- Maria's Condition -- Going to Prison -- Off the Streets -- Commentary -- Chapter 3: Friendship and Everyday Violence on the Street -- Conflict Resolution -- Aftermath -- Commentary -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author.

Life on the Malec#65533;n is a narrative ethnography of the lives of street children and youth living in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and the non-governmental organizations that provide social services for them. Writing from the perspective of an anthropologist working as a street educator with a child welfare organization, Jon M. Wolseth follows the intersecting lives of children, the institutions they come into contact with, and the relationships they have with each other, their families, and organization workers.

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