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    From a trickle to a torrent : education, migration, and social change in a Himalayan valley of Nepal (2019)
    Oakland, California : University of California Press
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    ISBN: 9780520299528 , 9780520299511
    Language: English
    Pages: xv, 230 Seiten , Illustrationen, Diagramme , 23 cm
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Childs, Geoff H., 1963- author From a trickle to a torrent
    DDC: 306.43095496
    Keywords: Education Social aspects ; Social change ; Educational mobility ; Nepal ; Nubri ; Bildung ; Mobilität ; Sozialer Wandel
    Abstract: "What happens to a community when the majority of young people move away for education? In Nubri, an ethnic Tibetan enclave in the highlands of Nepal, educational migration (the sending of children to distant institutions for schooling) has become a key component of a family management strategy that is driven by the prospect of social and economic rewards but that entails risk, uncertainty, and unforeseen consequences. The authors draw on ethnographic, demographic, and historical research to document how long-standing religious connections shape contemporary migrations, and how population growth disparities open new schooling opportunities for Buddhist highlanders. They examine parents' motives for sacrificing household labor in favor or sending children to distant schools and monasteries, a trend encapsulated in the oft-repeated phrase "better a pen in hand than a rope across the forehead." The book concludes by investigating dilemmas associated with educational migration, including intergenerational skirmishes over marriage and household succession, threats to the family-based care system for the elderly, and a decline in the level of agricultural production needed to support local religious activities. Better a Pen in Hand chronicles a convergence of demographic and social processes that have led a Himalayan society to the brink of irreversible change."--Provided by publisher
    Abstract: Predicaments, presumptions, and procedures -- Moving in before moving out -- Embedding the household in the village -- Whither the young people? -- Becoming monks -- Becoming nuns -- Becoming students -- The household succession quandary -- The transformative potential of educational migration -- Nubri futures?
    Note: Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 205-223. - Index
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    From a trickle to a torrent : education, migration, and social change in a Himalayan valley of Nepal (2019)
    Oakland, California : University of California Press
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    ISBN: 0520971213 , 9780520971219
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 230 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Childs, Geoff H., 1963- From a trickle to a torrent
    DDC: 306.43095496
    Keywords: Education Social aspects ; Social change ; Educational mobility ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture ; Education ; Social aspects ; Educational mobility ; Social change ; Nepal ; Nubri
    Abstract: "What happens to a community when the majority of young people move away for education? In Nubri, an ethnic Tibetan enclave in the highlands of Nepal, educational migration (the sending of children to distant institutions for schooling) has become a key component of a family management strategy that is driven by the prospect of social and economic rewards but that entails risk, uncertainty, and unforeseen consequences. The authors draw on ethnographic, demographic, and historical research to document how long-standing religious connections shape contemporary migrations, and how population growth disparities open new schooling opportunities for Buddhist highlanders. They examine parents' motives for sacrificing household labor in favor or sending children to distant schools and monasteries, a trend encapsulated in the oft-repeated phrase "better a pen in hand than a rope across the forehead." The book concludes by investigating dilemmas associated with educational migration, including intergenerational skirmishes over marriage and household succession, threats to the family-based care system for the elderly, and a decline in the level of agricultural production needed to support local religious activities. Better a Pen in Hand chronicles a convergence of demographic and social processes that have led a Himalayan society to the brink of irreversible change."--Provided by publisher
    Abstract: Predicaments, presumptions, and procedures -- Moving in before moving out -- Embedding the household in the village -- Whither the young people? -- Becoming monks -- Becoming nuns -- Becoming students -- The household succession quandary -- The transformative potential of educational migration -- Nubri futures?
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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    Tibetan diary : from birth to death and beyond in a Himalayan valley of Nepal (2004)
    Berkeley : University of California Press
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    ISBN: 0520241339 , 0520241096
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (xi, 217 p) , ill , 24 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Parallel Title: Print version Tibetan Diary : From Birth to Death and Beyond in a Himalayan Valley of Nepal
    DDC: 306/.0951/38
    Keywords: Ethnology ; Philosophy, Tibetan ; Nubri (Tibet) Religious life and customs ; Nubri (Tibet) Social life and customs
    Abstract: In this rich and deeply personal account of life in the highlands of Nepal, Geoff Childs chronicles the daily existence of a range of people, from venerated lamas to humble householders. Offering insights into the complex dynamics of the ethnically Tibetan enclave of Nubri, Childs provides a vivid and compelling portrait of the ebb and flow of life and death, of communal harmony and discord, and of personal conflicts and social resolutions. Part ethnography, part travelogue, and part biography, Tibetan Diary is a one-of-a-kind book that conveys the tangled intricacies of a Tibetan society. Chi
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1. Raising the Curtain; 2. The Lay of the Land; 3. Life Begets Death, Death Begets Life: The Life Course Begins; 4. Adolescent Discord: Family Needs versus Spiritual Deeds; 5. Growing Through Travel: The Pilgrimage for Knowledge and Prestige; 6. The Merits of Matrimony: Commencing the Householder Life; 7. High Peaks and Deep Valleys: The Imponderable Nature of Everyday Life; 8. Anticipating the End of the Life Course: The Anxieties of Old Age; 9. Parting Breaths: Death Is But a Transition
    Description / Table of Contents: 10. Transcending Death: Rising Corpses and ReincarnationsAppendix: Place Names; Notes; Glossary; A; B; C; D; G; J; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; U; Y; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W; Y
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-211) and index , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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    Tibetan transitions : historical and contemporary perspectives on fertility, family planning, and demographic change (2008)
    Leiden : Brill
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    ISBN: 9789047443506 , 9047443500
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (xvii, 321 p.) , ill.
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Series Statement: Brill's Tibetan studies library 1568-6183 v. 19
    Series Statement: Brill's Tibetan studies library v. 19
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Childs, Geoff H., 1963- Tibetan transitions
    DDC: 304.609515
    Keywords: Fertility, Human China ; Tibet Autonomous Region ; Birth control China ; Tibet Autonomous Region ; Demographic transition China ; Tibet Autonomous Region ; Demographic anthropology China ; Tibet Autonomous Region ; Demographic transition ; Demographic anthropology ; Fertility, Human ; Birth control ; Electronic books Tibet ; Indien ; Tibeter ; Nepal ; China ; Tibet Autonomous Region ; Birth control ; Demographic anthropology ; Demographic transition ; Fertility, Human ; Bevölkerungsentwicklung ; Familienplanung ; Fertilität ; Tibeter ; Geburtenrate ; Familienplanung ; Privater Haushalt ; Bevölkerungsentwicklung ; Tibet ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Demography ; Tibet ; Tibeter ; China ; Tibet Autonomous Region ; Indien ; Nepal ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "Tibetan Transitions" uses the dual lenses of anthropology and demography to analyze population regulating mechanisms in traditional Tibetan societies, and to document recent transitions from high to low fertility throughout the Tibetan world. Using the author's case studies on historical Tibet, the Tibet Autonomous Region, the highlands of Nepal, and Tibetan exile communities in South Asia, this book provides a theoretical perspective on demographic processes by linking fertility transitions with family systems, economic strategies, gender equity, and family planning ideologies
    Abstract: Chapter Seven Tibetan TransitionsChapter Eight Wither the Tibetans? Future Implications of Sustained Low Fertility; Appendix One Kyirong's 1958 Household Register; Appendix Two Reconstructing Households; Glossary of Demographic Terms and Concepts; Glossary of Tibetan Terms; References; Index for Tibetan Transitions.
    Abstract: List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter One Studying Tibetan Populations; Chapter Two The Theoretical Landscape of Anthropological Demography; Chapter Three Polyandry and Its Discontents: Land Tenure, Marriage, and Fertility in Historical Kyirong; Chapter Four Unintended Consequences: Regulating Fertility Through Celibacy in Sama, Nepal; Chapter Five Tempering Pronatalism: Political Discourse and the Fertility Transition Among Tibetan Exiles; Chapter Six Sanctions and Incentives: Family and State Reproductive Agendas in Rural Tibet, China.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-314) and index. - Description based on print version record
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    Tibetan transitions : historical and contemporary perspectives on fertility, family planning, and demographic change (2008)
    Leiden [u.a.] : Brill
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    ISBN: 9789004168084
    Language: English
    Pages: XVII, 321 S. , graph. Darst. , 25cm
    Series Statement: Brill's Tibetan studies library 19
    Series Statement: Brill's Tibetan studies library
    DDC: 304.63209515
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    Keywords: Fertility, Human ; Birth control ; Demographic transition
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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    Tibetan diary : from birth to death and beyond in a Himalayan valley of Nepal (2004)
    Berkeley, Calif. [u.a.] : University of California Press
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    ISBN: 0520241096 , 0520241339
    Language: English
    Pages: xi, 217 p., [14] p. of plates , ill, maps, ports. , 24cm
    DDC: 306.095496
    Keywords: Ethnology ; Philosophy, Tibetan ; Nubri (Nepal) Religious life and customs
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index. - Formerly CIP
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