Sinhalese Village in Sri Lanka Coping with Uncertainty

Name: Sinhalese Village in Sri Lanka Coping with Uncertainty
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ISBN: 9780155051768

ISBN-10: 0155051768

ISBN-13: 9780155051768

Edition: 1998

Authors: Victoria J. Baker

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The most current and detailed case study of South Asia available, this book documents the ways in which the members of a remote agricultural village cope with the dangers that plague them by employing a complex system of ritual practices and beliefs in supernatural forces. The book also addresses topics commonly neglected in other case studies, such as formal education problems in remote areas, the independent and self-confident women of the developing world, and the trials of developmental work in these areas.

Book details

List price: $43.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 7/14/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Preface



Fieldwork on the Sinhalese Frontier



The Village Setting and Background



Belief in the Supernatural



Living Standards and Daily Subsistence



Healing and Health



Kinship and the Family



Childhood and Socialization



Formal Education



Girls and Women



Polity, Factionalism, and Social Control



The Nation, the Village, and the Future


Orthographic Notes and Glossary


References Cited


Index