Bodies of knowledge : children and childhoods in health and affliction / edited by Efua Prah and Susan Levine.

Stellenbosch, South Africa : SunMedia, 2021.

267 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

"Spanning the countries of South Africa, Swaziland, and Ghana, this collection of work brings into focus child and youth experience together as a collage of anthropology, creative writing, poetry, and the fine arts. Woven together by questions related to the political economy of child and youth well-being, identity formation, and the multiple layers through which children articulate their health-narrative, ' Bodies of Knowledge' considers living in and coping with chronic illness, spirit-possession, and death. The growth in Critical Health Humanities and the Arts globally, suggests the desire for blended efforts to draw in a wider breadth of knowledge that cuts across the divided worlds of critical social science and the arts. This book, set in an African context, offers myriad possibilities for cross-disciplinary synergies as learning sites. It is a critical contribution to the field of children and childhood studies."--Page 4 of cover.

English

January 04, 2023

Includes bibliographical references.

Personal narratives.