{"product_id":"the-ends-of-kinship-connecting-himalayan-lives-between-nepal-and-new-york-paperback","title":"The Ends of Kinship: Connecting Himalayan Lives Between Nepal and New York - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSienna R. Craig\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePadma Kaimal\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eK. Sivaramakrishnan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eWhat sustains and remakes family and community through migration?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eFor centuries, people from Mustang, Nepal, have relied on agriculture, pastoralism, and trade as a way of life. Seasonal migrations to South Asian cities for trade as well as temporary wage labor abroad have shaped their experiences for decades. Yet, more recently, permanent migrations to New York City, where many have settled, are reshaping lives and social worlds. Mustang has experienced one of the highest rates of depopulation in contemporary Nepal--a profoundly visible depopulation that contrasts with the relative invisibility of Himalayan migrants in New York.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on more than two decades of fieldwork with people in and from Mustang, this book combines narrative ethnography and short fiction to engage with foundational questions in cultural anthropology: How do different generations abide with and understand each other? How are traditions defended and transformed in the context of new mobilities? Anthropologist Sienna Craig draws on khora, the Tibetan Buddhist notion of cyclic existence as well as the daily act of circumambulating the sacred, to think about cycles of movement and patterns of world-making, shedding light on how kinship remains both firm and flexible in the face of migration. From a high Himalayan kingdom to the streets of Brooklyn and Queens, \u003ci\u003eThe Ends of Kinship\u003c\/i\u003e explores dynamics of migration and social change, asking how individuals, families, and communities care for each other and carve out spaces of belonging. It also speaks broadly to issues of immigration and diaspora; belonging and identity; and the nexus of environmental, economic, and cultural transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSienna R. Craig is associate professor of anthropology at Dartmouth College, and author of \u003ci\u003eHealing Elements: Efficacy and the Social Ecologies of Tibetan Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755072258336,"sku":"9780295747699","price":56.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/556c974a8973fd7f852541a85aa0785b.webp?v=1780049757","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-ends-of-kinship-connecting-himalayan-lives-between-nepal-and-new-york-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}