Title On the edge of the auspicious : gender and caste in Nepal / Mary M. Cameron

Published Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [1998] ©1998

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Description xi, 314 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm Contents Introduction: Physical Realms, Sentient Beings -- 1. Situating Low-Caste Women -- 2. Patronage, Land, and Farming -- 3. Labor in the Himalayas -- 4. Low-Caste Women's Artisan and Domestic Work -- 5. Narratives of Honor and Sexuality -- 6. Demystifying the Gift: Low-Caste Marriage and Kinship -- 7. Bearing the Jat: Childbirth and Motherhood -- 8. Reconfiguring Gender through Caste Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-304) and index Subject Caste -- Nepal -- Bhalara. Poor women -- Nepal -- Bhalara -- Social conditions. Women peasants -- Nepal -- Bhalara -- Social conditions. SUBJECT Bhalara (Nepal) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97008980 -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851 LC no. 97045408 ISBN 0252024125 (cloth : acid-free paper) 0252067169 (paperback: acid-free paper)

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