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Asking, giving, receiving : friendship as survival strategy among Accra's street children
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Mizen, Phil and Ofosu-Kusi, Yaw. (2010) Asking, giving, receiving : friendship as survival strategy among Accra's street children. Childhood: a global journal of child research, Vol.17 (No.4). pp. 441-454. ISSN 0907-5682
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0907568209350511
Abstract
This article considers friendship among street children in Accra. Drawing upon the findings of a three-year qualitative research project, the article argues that friendship is a neglected element of research yet cooperation, mutuality and exchange between friends are essential to street children's survival. Living within the extremities of the urban informal sector, the article considers the existence of a strong ethos of 'help' between friends and how street children go about the (re) creation of friendship around those aspects of their lives essential for their daily survival.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Childhood: a global journal of child research |
| Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. |
| ISSN: | 0907-5682 |
| Date: | November 2010 |
| Volume: | Vol.17 |
| Number: | No.4 |
| Number of Pages: | 14 |
| Page Range: | pp. 441-454 |
| Identification Number: | 10.1177/0907568209350511 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
| URI: | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/4687 |
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