Book
Invitations to love : literacy, love letters, and social change in Nepal
Record details
- ISBN: 0472097849 (cloth : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0472067842 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Physical Description:
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xvi, 295 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Publisher: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2001.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-285) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Pt. 1. Arrivals, Introductions, and Theoretical Frameworks. Ch. 1. Invitations to Love. Ch. 2. Juggling Roles: Daughter, Development Worker, and Anthropologist. Ch. 3. Key Concepts and Their Application -- Pt. 2. Transformations in Gender and Marriage. Ch. 4. Gender and Marriage over Time in Junigau. Ch. 5. Narratives of Marriage. Ch. 6. Meeting by Way of a Letter: Shila Devi and Vajra Bahadur?s Courtship -- Pt. 3. Love, Literacy, and Development. Ch. 7. Developing Love: Sources of Development Discourse in Nepali Love Letters. Ch. 8. The Practices of Reading and Writing. Ch. 9. Wearing the Flower One Likes: Sarita and Bir Bahadur?s Courtship. Ch. 10. Love, Literacy, and Agency in Transition. |
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| Subject: | Magar (Nepalese people) -- Marriage customs and rites Magar (Nepalese people) -- Social conditions Love-letters -- Nepal Literacy -- Nepal |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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| Lansdowne Library | DS 493.9 M3 A54 2001 (Text) | 26040002917645 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
