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From a Trickle to a Torrent: Education, Migration, and Social Change in a Himalayan Valley of Nepal

From a Trickle to a Torrent: Education, Migration, and Social Change in a Himalayan Valley of Nepal


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What happens to a community when the majority of young people leave their homes to pursue an education? From a Trickle to a Torrent documents the demographic and social consequences of educational migration from Nubri, a Tibetan enclave in the highlands of Nepal. The authors explore parents’ motivations for sending their children to distant schools and monasteries, social connections that shape migration pathways, young people’s estrangement from village life, and dilemmas that arise when educated individuals are unable or unwilling to return and reside in their native villages. Drawing on numerous decades of research, this study documents a transitional period when the future of a Himalayan society teeters on the brink of irreversible change.

Table of Contents:
List of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments 1. Predicaments, Presumptions, and Procedures An Empty Nest The Enduring Yet Ephemeral Village Managing the Family through Migration Studying Longitudinal Change The Household as a Unit of Analysis 2. Moving In before Moving Out A Peripheral Region of Darkness Excavating the Ethnic Strata The Center Comes to the Periphery Completing the Buddhist Transformation Conquest and Indirect Rule Continuity amid Political Change Contemporary Convulsions 3. Embedding the Household in the Village Rituals of Protection The Household in Demography, Anthropology, and Nubri Binding Households through Religious Cooperation Liturgy, Income, and Mobility 4. Whither the Young People? Portents of a Barley Harvest Tibetan Exiles and the Emergence of Migration Pull Factors The Demography of Supply and Demand The Pathways and Magnitude of Outmigration 5. Becoming Monks Family Obligations versus Religious Aspirations Between Ontological Realms On the Merits of Monastic Migration Childhood Inclinations and Monastic Migration Religious Networks and Migration Destinations The Revival of Mass Monasticism 6. Becoming Nuns The Nun Serves Her Family From Servant (yogmo) to Disciple (lobma) Pathways to Celibacy Gender and the Precariousness of Virtue Demise of the Village Nun? 7. Becoming Students The Son Goes First Educating Nubri Children: A Fitful Start Valuing Education The Efficacy of Strong and Weak Ties Reproducing Inequality? 8. The Household Succession Quandary A Monk Returns The Educated Son Conundrum The Educated Daughter Dilemma Unbecoming Monks Monks and the Evolving Family Management Strategy 9. The Transformative Potential of Educational Migration The Lama Goes, the Lama Returns Independent Child Migration and Fosterage Educational Migration and Demographic Change Marital Endogamy and the Margins of Choice Marriage and the Misappropriation of Modernity 10. Nubri Futures? Vacating the Realm of Religious Practitioners The Predicament of Aging From Householder Lamas to Celibate Monks The Communal Obligation Impasse Disembedding the Younger Generation Parting Thoughts Appendix: The Population of Nubri Notes Glossary of Tibetan Terms References Index

About the Author :
Geoff Childs is Professor of Anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis. His previous works include Tibetan Diary: From Birth to Death and Beyond in a Himalayan Valley of Nepal.   Namgyal Choedup completed a PhD in anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis. He conducts research on migration and identity politics in the Tibetan diaspora. 

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"[A]n indispensable resource for scholars working in migration studies and educational research in rural areas." "[The authors] provide a rigorous set of frameworks that would be salutary to adopt in classes on migration studies and state-society relations." "A must-read for anyone interested in the migration pattern that is transforming Himalayan societies today." "This is an excellent book that provides an insight into the interconnected issues of education, migration, and social change in Nepal. . . . From a Trickle to a Torrent is an important contribution to the disciplines of anthropology, area studies, education, and migration." "Structured around 10 beautifully written chapters, each of which builds the argument recursively without falling prey to repetition or jargon, From a Trickle to a Torrent tells a complex story of movement, migration, and social transformation with a narrative directness and commitment to empirical data that is refreshingly engaging."


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  • ISBN-13: 9780520299528
  • Publisher: University of California Press
  • Publisher Imprint: University of California Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 248
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 20 mm
  • Weight: 430 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0520299523
  • Publisher Date: 30 Oct 2018
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • No of Pages: 248
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Education, Migration, and Social Change in a Himalayan Valley of Nepal
  • Width: 152 mm


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