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Autonomy: Life Cycle, Gender, and Status Among Himalayan Pastoralists
Contributor(s): Rao, Aparna (Author)
ISBN: 1571819037     ISBN-13: 9781571819031
Publisher: Berghahn Books
OUR PRICE:   $137.75  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: June 1998
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies
- Social Science | Gender Studies
Dewey: 306.089
LCCN: 97-15842
Lexile Measure: 1310
Physical Information: 0.88" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.27 lbs) 368 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - Native American
 
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Publisher Description:

The question of individuality in non-European, and especially South Asian societies is a controversial one. Studies in anthropology and psychology undertaken in recent years on concepts of person and self approach the problem by concentrating on ideologies; the question of practice remains largely neglected. This is the first study to examine the individual-dividual debate empirically from the - emic - perspective of decision making, observed over a two-year period among the Bakkarwal, Himalayan Muslim pastoralists. Of particular significance is the fact that the author bases her approach on the life cycle and on gender and status differences.


Contributor Bio(s): Rao, Aparna: -

The late Aparna Rao spent many years doing ethnographic fieldwork among numerous rural and semi-rural communities in Afghanistan, Kashmir and in western India, and published several books and papers based on her research.