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Taking culture seriously: Making the Social survey Ethnographic
(University of Chicago Press, 2005)
Tamang Conversions: Culture, Politics, and the Christian Conversion Narrative in Nepal
(Center for Nepal and Asian Studies, Tribhuvan University, 2008-01)
In 1990 the Buddhist people of Timling, on Nepal's northern borderland, converted en masse to evangelical Christianity and later to Roman Catholicism. While the process implies a profound cultural rupture, this essay takes ...
Chronic job insecurity among automobile workers: Effects on job satisfaction and health
(Elsevier, 1994-05)
Work conditions characterized by uncertainty and ambiguity are potential stressors for employees. One such stressor is job insecurity. This longitudinal study of 207 automobile manufacturing workers indicates that chronic ...
Monique and the Mango Rains: Two Years with a Midwife in Mali, by Kris Holloway .
(Blackwell Publishing Inc, 2008-02)
History, marriage politics, and demographic events in the central Himalaya
(Cambridge University Press, 1995)
This chapter explores the micro-politics of marriage practices among a Tamang and Ghale population in north central Nepal. Based on ethnographic and survey research in Timling (Tipling), it establishes that marriage ...
The Anthropology of Pregnancy Loss: Comparative Studies in Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Neonatal Death
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1999-05)
Tamang Conversions: Culture, Politics, and the Christian Conversion Narrative in Nepal
(2008-08)
In 1990 the Buddhist people of Timling, on Nepal's northern borderland, converted en masse to evangelical Christianity and later to Roman Catholicism. While the process implies a profound cultural rupture, in this talk I ...