TY - BOOK AU - Wolseth,Jon M. TI - Life on the Malecón: Children and Youth on the Streets of Santo Domingo T2 - Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies SN - 9780813562896 AV - HV887.D652 -- S26 2013eb U1 - 362.74 PY - 2013/// CY - New Brunswick, NJ PB - Rutgers University Press KW - Social work with youth - Dominican Republic - Santo Domingo KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/buse-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1562497 ER -