Garland of Bones

Child Runaways in India

Steinberg Jonah

This intimate portrait examines the tracks, journeys, and experiences of child runaways in northern India. Jonah Steinberg situates children's decisions to leave home and flee for the city in their larger cultural, social, and historical contexts, and considers histories of landlessness and debt servitude in narratives of child dislocation. The resulting work is an original perspective on the sociological trends in postcolonial India and a unique treatment of a population of individuals who live on the margin of society.

About the Author

Jonah Steinberg is associate professor in the department of anthropology at the University of Vermont and author of "Isma'ili Modern: Globalization and Identity in a Muslim Community". He lives in Burlington, VT.

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