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Author March, Kathryn S

Title "If each comes halfway" : meeting Tamang women in Nepal / Kathryn S. March
Published Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 271 pages) : illustrations
1 online resource (1 audio file (digital)
Contents Introduction: Closing a Text of Open Conversations -- I. The Who, Where, and How of This Book -- II. Mondzom: Narrating a Life, Framing a Life -- III. Nhanu: Parsing a Life, Naming What Matters -- IV. Jyomo's Life of Work -- V. Purngi's Tales of Domestic Intrigue, Love, and Lice -- VI. Sukumaya's Two Homes -- VII. Working with Tamang Women, Their Words, and Their Worlds
Summary CD contains: Introduction -- Mondzom's narrative -- Phurko's narrative (Chicken Song and Calf's Lament) -- Setar's Bomsang -- Popcorn Song -- Lama's Bomsang -- Men's Courtship Song -- Wara Wara Hwai -- Song of the Loom -- Gang Jyung Bumo Hwai -- Butter Lamp Song -- Tek Soli Tek -- Flowers of Love -- Sai Khoa -- Cooking Pot Song -- Men's Love Song -- Nangsala Bomoi (Om Sangla Mané Pémé)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Women, Tamang.
Tamang (Nepalese people) -- Social life and customs
Songs, Tamang.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
Songs, Tamang.
Tamang (Nepalese people) -- Social life and customs.
Women, Tamang.
Frau
Soziale Wirklichkeit
Tamang
Tamang (peuple du Népal) -- Moeurs et coutumes.
Ethnomusicologie -- Népal.
Tradition orale -- Népal.
Musique traditionnelle -- Népal.
Femmes -- Conditions sociales -- Népal.
Nepal
Tamang.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781501728457
1501728458