Everyday life in South Asia

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Acknowledgements Note on Transliteration MapIntroductionI. The Family and the CourseIntroductionOne Straw from a Broom Cannot Sweep: The Ideology and Practice of the Joint Family in Rural North India Susan S. WadleyAllah Gives Both Boys and Girls Patricia Jeffery and Roger JefferyOut Here in Kathmandu: Youth and the Contradictions of Modernity in Urban Nepal Mark Liechty The Role of Suffering in Women's Performance of Paxto Benedicte GrimaLove and Aging in Bengali Families Sarah LambMemorializing the Self: The Autobiographical Will and Testament of Narayana Guruviah Chetty, Madras City, 1915 Mattison MinesII. GendersIntroductionNew Light in the House: Schooling Girls in Rural North India Ann Grodzins GoldFamily and Gender Systems in Transition: A 35-Year Perspective Susan SeymourRoadwork: Offstage with Special Drama Actresses in Tamilnadu, South India Susan SeizerNervous Masculinity: Consumption and the Production of Embodied Gender in Indian Wrestling Joseph S. AlterDosti and Tamanna: Male-Male Love, Difference, and Normativity in Hindi Cinema Ruth VanitaLife on the Margins: A Hijra's Story Serena NandaIII. Social Distinctions of Caste and ClassIntroductionGod-Chariots in a Garden of Castes: Hierarchy and Festival in a Hindu City Steven M. ParishHigh and Low Castes in Karani Viramma, with Josiane Racine and Jean Luc RacineThe Erasure of In Colonial Ethnography Gloria Goodwin RahejaAnjali's Prospects: Class Mobility in Urban India Sara DickeySeven Prevalent Misconceptions about India's Caste SystemIV. Practicing ReligionIntroductionThe Hindu Gods in a South Indian Village Diane P. MinesThe Feast of Love McKim MarriottThe Delusion of Gender and Renunciation in Buddhist Kashmir Kim GutschowPresence: Yolmo Spirit-Callings in Nepal Robert DesjarlaisTunes Rising From the Soul and Other Narcissistic Prayers: Contested Realms in Bangladesh Jim WilceV. Nation-makingIntroductionPolitical Praise in Tamil Newspapers: The Poetry and Iconography of Democratic Power J. Bernard BateOutsiders at Home? The South Asian Diaspora in South Asia Gautam GhoshWhy Do Hindus and Muslims Fight?: Children and History in India Nita KumarWalking Through Violence: Everyday Life and Anthropology Pradeep JeganathanInterviews with High School Students in Eastern Sri Lanka Margaret TrawickVI. Globalization, Public Culture, and the South Asian DiasporaIntroductionCindy at the Taj: Cultural Enclosure and Corporate Potentateship in an Era of Globalization William MazzarellaA Diaspora Ramayana in Southall Paula RichmanBritish Sikh Lives, Lived in Translation Kathleen HallPlacing Lives Through Stories: Second Generation South Asian Americans Kirin NarayanUnexpected Destinations E. Valentine DanielReferencesContributorsIndex

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