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Cameron, Mary M.

 
9780252067167: On the Edge of the Auspicious: Gender and Caste in Nepal
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0252067169 ISBN 13 : 9780252067167
Editeur : University of Illinois Press, 1998

Synopsis

People of lower caste live throughout the villages of Nepal but have
been noticeably absent from ethnographic accounts of the Himalayan region.
Starting from the perspective of lower-caste Hindu women, Mary M. Cameron
offers a long-overdue study of artisans and farmers in western Nepal.
On the Edge of the Auspicious skillfully shows the connections
between caste hierarchy and gender relations leading to domestic, economic,
and religious power of lower-caste women. Situating her study in the history
of land ownership and contemporary family and work relations, Cameron
explains how and why patriarchal ideology associated with high-caste families
in Nepal does not apply to women of lower caste. Drawing on data from
work, family, and religious domains, this ethnography goes further than
other current studies of caste hierarchy in South Asia to show the everyday
material and ideological dimensions of domination and lower-caste people's
resistance to them..

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Éditeur
University of Illinois Press
Date d'édition
1998
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0252067169
ISBN 13 
9780252067167
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
328
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Mare Nostrum Group B.V.
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