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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783622703321

Autore

Maslak Mary Ann <1960-, >

Titolo

Daughters of the Tharu : gender, ethnicity, religion, and the education of Nepali girls / / by Mary Ann Maslak

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : RoutledgeFalmer, , 2003

ISBN

1-135-95222-1

1-135-95223-X

1-280-24133-0

9786610241330

0-203-46383-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (213 p.)

Collana

Reference books in international education

Disciplina

371.822/095496

Soggetti

Women - Education - Social aspects - Nepal

Tharu (South Asian people) - Nepal - Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-206) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Table of Contents; Series Preface; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Case of a Nepali Village: A Point of Entry1 to the Problem of Girls' Educational Participation; Chapter 2 A Critical Analysis of International Educational Policy for Girls' Education in South Asia; Chapter 3 Methodological Relationism and the Integrated Sociological Paradigm: Concepts that Contribute to Understanding Girls' Educational Participation in Nepal; Chapter 4 Feminist Thought and Its Application to Girls' Education in Nepal

Chapter 5 Ethnicity and Its Influence on the Educational Decision-Making ProcessChapter 6 Religion and Religious Ritual: Their Implications for Girls' Education; Epilogue: Present Findings and Future Possibilities; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the complex structural institutions in society, individual attitudes towards, beliefs about and values of those institutions, and the process by which the relationship between the social structure and individual agency conditions and governs girls' educational participation in Nepal.