Invitations to Love Literacy, Love Letters, and Social Change in Nepal

Name: Invitations to Love Literacy, Love Letters, and Social Change in Nepal
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ISBN: 9780472067848

ISBN-10: 0472067842

ISBN-13: 9780472067848

Edition: 2001

Authors: Laura M. Ahearn

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Invitations to Love is a discussion of the implications of the emergence of love letter correspondences for social relations in Nepal. It examines the dramatic shift away from arranged marriage and capture marriage toward elopment in Nepal.

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Publication date: 11/5/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Laura M. Ahearn is Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Rutgers University.



List of Illustrations


List of Tables


Preface


Acknowledgments


A Note on Transliteration, Transcription, and Pronunciation



Arrivals, Introductions, and Theoretical Frameworks



Invitations to Love



Juggling Roles: Daughter, Development Worker, and Anthropologist



Key Concepts and Their Application



Transformations in Gender and Marriage



Gender and Marriage over Time in Junigau



Narratives of Marriage



Meeting by Way of a Letter: Shila Devi and Vajra Bahadur's Courtship



Love, Literacy, and Development



Developing Love: Sources of Development Discourse in Nepali Love Letters



The Practices of Reading and Writing



Wearing the Flower One Likes: Sarita and Bir Bahadur's Courtship



Love, Literacy, and Agency in Transition


Notes


References


Index