The Ends of Kinship : Connecting Himalayan Lives between Nepal and New York /

Mostrar otras versiones (1)

"Ends of Kinship explores dynamics of migration and social change between Nepal and New York City. It asks how individuals, families, and communities care for each other and carve out spaces of belonging from high mountain villages in the Himalayan region of Mustang, on the border with Tibet, t...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Craig, Sienna R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2020]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Kinship.
Bahra Gaunle (Nepalese people)
Kinship > Case studies.
Bahra Gaunle (Nepalese people) > New York (State) > New York.
New York (State) > New York.
Informational works.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Recognition and gratitude
  • Map of Mustang, Nepal
  • Map of Himalayan languages in New York City
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Attending to birth
  • Blood and bone
  • Finding the womb door
  • Part II. Parents and children
  • Letters for mother
  • Going for education
  • Part III. Subsistence and strategy
  • Paper and being
  • Bringing home the trade
  • Part IV. Women and men
  • Night visitors
  • At the threshold of this life
  • Part V. Land and lineage
  • Gods and demons
  • The ground beneath our feet
  • Part VI. Loss and transformation
  • Three seasons in the fire monkey year
  • Between presence and absence.

Ejemplares similares