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Huberman, Jennifer

Ambivalent encounters : childhood, tourism, and social change in Banaras, India / Jenny Huberman - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2012 - xv, 227 p. ; 23 cm - Rutgers series in childhood studies . - Rutgers series in childhood studies .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-219) and index

Children, tourists, and locals -- A tourist town -- Conceptions of children -- Girls and boys on the ghats -- Innocent children or little adults? -- The minds and hearts of children -- Conceptions of value -- Earning, spending, saving -- Something extra -- Money, gender, and the (im)morality of exchange -- Conclusion

ISBN: 9780813554075 (hbk. : alk. paper) 0813554071 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9780813554068 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0813554063 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780813554082 (ebook) 081355408X (ebook)

LCCN: 2012005167

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Child labor--India--Vārānasi
Tourism--India--Vārānasi
Tourists--India--Vārānasi
Social interaction--India--Vārānasi

LC Class. No.: HD8039.T642 / I44 2012

Dewey Class. No.: ARCH FRBC 331.318 H877A