Description:
Life on the Malecón 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.
Review Quotes: "Life on the Malecόn captures the experience of street children and youth at a particular point and time in Santo Domingo, and it tells a very important story about childhood and community, survival and strategies, and interconnected relationships and agencies."-- "American Anthropologist"