{"product_id":"on-the-edge-of-the-auspicious","title":"On the Edge of the Auspicious","description":"      People of lower caste live throughout the villages of Nepal but have\u003cbr\u003e         been noticeably absent from ethnographic accounts of the Himalayan region.\u003cbr\u003e         Starting from the perspective of lower-caste Hindu women, Mary M. Cameron\u003cbr\u003e         offers a long-overdue study of artisans and farmers in western Nepal.\u003cbr\u003e       \u003ci\u003eOn the Edge of the Auspicious\u003c\/i\u003e skillfully shows the connections\u003cbr\u003e         between caste hierarchy and gender relations leading to domestic, economic,\u003cbr\u003e         and religious power of lower-caste women. Situating her study in the history\u003cbr\u003e         of land ownership and contemporary family and work relations, Cameron\u003cbr\u003e         explains how and why patriarchal ideology associated with high-caste families\u003cbr\u003e         in Nepal does not apply to women of lower caste. Drawing on data from\u003cbr\u003e         work, family, and religious domains, this ethnography goes further than\u003cbr\u003e         other current studies of caste hierarchy in South Asia to show the everyday\u003cbr\u003e         material and ideological dimensions of domination and lower-caste people's\u003cbr\u003e         resistance to them..\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54244420125016,"sku":"9780252067167","price":32.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/on-the-edge-of-the-auspicious","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}