| Description |
1 online resource (337 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover Page -- Series -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Anthropological Perspectives on Education in Nepal: Educational Transformations and Avenues of Learning -- Ethnographies of Education in Nepal-A Growing Field of Research -- Anthropologies of Education and the South Asian Scholarship -- Education and the 'Non-colonial' History of Nepal -- An Anthropology of Education of Nepal and the Discipline of Educational Anthropology -- Themes and Perspectives -- Section I: Inequalities and Processes of Social Differentiation |
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Section II: Mobilities and Expanding Educational Landscapes -- Section III: Institutions and Transformations of Educational Sites -- 2. Nepal's New Rich: Class, Differentiation, and Elite Education in Kathmandu -- Capital, Class, and Cultural Reproduction -- Ethnicity, Elites, and Education in Nepali Modernity -- Seeing Ethnographically -- Education as a Commodity -- Harnessing a Global Education Market -- Performing Cosmopolitanism -- Conclusion -- 3. The Burden of Inherited Aspirations: Education as a Positional Good -- Methodology and Research Site: Studying Education across Generations |
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Education as the Key to Development: Becoming an 'Educated Person'? -- The Parent Generation and Education as a Positional Good -- Education for Differentiation -- The Burden of Inherited Aspirations -- Conclusion: The Future of Education for Dadagaun? -- 4. Navigating Class through Education: Urban Poor Families' Choice of Schools -- Ethnographic Location and Methodology -- Theoretical Approach: Exploring Educational Aspirations in Unpredictable Environments -- Navigating Unpredictable Economic Situations-Going in Circles -- Aspirations for a 'Modern' Life-Connecting with the World |
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Declining Social Status of Government Schools -- Navigating Class -- What about the Ultra-Poor? -- Conclusion: New Spaces for Poor Parents' Agency vis-à-vis Schools -- 5. Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: Dalit Experiences of Primary and Secondary Education in West-Central Nepal -- History and Background -- Methods and Setting -- The History of the Expansion of Literacy -- Aims and Aspirations -- Maan Pariyar's Educational Journey -- The Next Generation: The Case of Pushpa Pariyar -- A Woman Pioneer: Rasana Pariyar -- Are Dalits Catching Up? |
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Experiences at School: Discrimination and Humiliation -- Conclusions -- 6. A Buddhist Educated Person: 'Modern Education' in the Monastery -- The Demographic Challenge to the Future of Buddhist Monasticism -- A Place for Spiritual and 'Modern Education' -- A 'Modern Education' for School-Monks -- A Day in the Life -- A Philosophical Curriculum for College-Monks -- A Buddhist Educated Person in the 21st Century -- Coda: In Negotiation with the World -- 7. Drawing Out Migration: Rural to Urban Transitions and the Re-imagined Futures of Himalayan School Children -- Education as Development |
| Summary |
This volume illuminates educational transformations and avenues of learning in the context of wider social and political changes in Nepal |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Research Methods |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Education -- Social aspects -- Nepal
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Education and state -- Nepal
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Education and state
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Education -- Social aspects
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Nepal
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Pradhan, Uma
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| ISBN |
9780192884831 |
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0192884832 |
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9780191980381 |
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0191980382 |
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9780192884848 |
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0192884840 |
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