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The question of individuality in non-European, and especially South Asian societies is a controversial one. Studies in anthropology and psychology undertaken in recent years onconcepts of person and self approach the problem by concentrating on ideologies; the question of practice remains largely neglected. This is the first study to examine the individual-dividual debate empirically from the - emic - perspective of decision making, observed over a two-year period among the Bakkarwal, Himalayan Muslim pastoralists. Of particular significance is thefact that the author bases her approach on the life cycle and on gender and status differences.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Society & culture: general Social groups

• Full title: Autonomy
• Subtitle: Life Cycle, Gender, and Status among Himalayan Pastoralists
• Author: Aparna Rao
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 368
• EAN: 9781571819031
• ISBN: 1571819037
• ID: 04819514
• Publisher: Berghahn Books, Incorporated
• Weight: 576 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 140 × 23 mm
• Date of publishing: 16. July 1998

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