Abstract
This chapter utilizes critical disability theory, voluntourism studies, and neocolonial theory to discuss how the actions of philanthropists and non-profit organizations from the Minority World have perpetuated the global marginalization and displacement of children, particularly disabled children. Tying the resurgence of orphanages to recolonization, we explore the role of these neoliberal institutions as sites of violence towards and control of disabled bodies. We explore the ways in which the charity rhetoric of disability popularized through media intersects with and abets the orphanage industrial complex supported by and dependent upon voluntourism, describing the ways in which the orphan tourism industry depends upon the exploitation of children to fuel its financial needs. Recognizing the toll that this system exacts on children, particularly children with disabilities, we end with a call for recognition and action to challenge and demolish this system of oppression and stigmatization centering the needs of children in this discourse.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Handbook of Critical Perspectives on Nonprofit Organizing and Voluntary Action |
Subtitle of host publication | Concepts, Applications and Future Directions |
Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. |
Pages | 231-246 |
Number of pages | 16 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781800371811 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781800371804 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 22 Aug 2024 |
Keywords
- Critical disability theory
- Deinstitutionalization
- Neocolonial theory
- Orphan industrial complex
- Popular culture
- Voluntourism