In the Circle of the Dance : Notes of an Outsider in Nepal /

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Feeling initially aimless and out of place in rural Nepal where she accompanied her anthropologist husband for a year of fieldwork, Katharine Bjork Guneratne turned to writing to make sense of her sojourn in the shadow of the Himalaya. The resulting book is both an acute portrait of a village and an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Guneratne, Katharine Bjork (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]
Temas:
Guneratne, Katharine Bjork, > 1963-
Tharu (South Asian people) > Tarai Region (India and Nepal) > Social life and customs.
Asian Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General.
Manners and customs
Tharu (South Asian people) > Social life and customs
Chitawan (Nepal : District) > Social life and customs.
Chitawan (Népal : District) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Nepal > Chitawan (District)
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Map of Nepal
  • Acknowledgments
  • INTRODUCTION. Nak Chaina
  • CHAPTER ONE. Monsoon
  • CHAPTER TWO. The Circle of the Dance
  • CHAPTER THREE. On My Own
  • CHAPTER FOUR. Setting Up House
  • CHAPTER FIVE. Kathmandu
  • CHAPTER SIX. Good Morning, Madam
  • CHAPTER SEVEN. Harvest
  • CHAPTER EIGHT. Village Walk
  • CHAPTER NINE. American Gurau /Tharu Tourists
  • CHAPTER TEN. Wedding Season
  • CHAPTER ELEVEN. Janam-Janam
  • Glossary of Tharu and Nepali words

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