Contributions to Nepalese Studies articles from January 2004

Contributions to Nepalese Studies archives from January 2004

A Nepali anthropologist in America: reflections on fieldwork among friends.
January 1, 2004... Introduction Ill-defined as it may be, "fieldwork" is the hallmark of cultural anthropology. Within that discipline, nobody is regarded as having quite made the grade without some experience of fieldwork. The tradition is not new in...

Agency, autonomy and the shared sexuality: gender relations in polyandry in Nepal Himalaya.
January 1, 2004... Introduction Polyandry is a system of a single woman sharing multiple men as husbands at a time. In fraternal polyandry, all the brothers in one generation share a common wife. In non-fraternal polyandry, a group of like-minded men from...

A socio-ecological analysis of the loss of public properties in an urban environment: a case study of Pokhara, Nepal.
January 1, 2004... Introduction In this paper, the historical, religious and cultural aspects that led to the development of public properties (mainly chautaras--platform with huge shade providing trees--and community orchards, open spaces and water ponds)...

Explaining disparate economic success in highland Nepal: opportunity, cooperation, and entrepreneurship in Manang.
January 1, 2004... Nepal is a country marked by poverty and development challenges, especially in its rural highland areas where residents are primarily engaged in subsistence-level agriculture and pastoralism made difficult by a short growing season at high...