The Impact of Education in South Asia Perspectives from Sri Lanka to Nepal

This edited volume focuses on the impact of education among different social groups in different geographical areas of South Asia. The chapters illustrate the effects of formal education on castes ranging from Dalits to Brahmins, Buddhists, and Christians, even as they consider a range of topics suc...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Ullrich, Helen E. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2019, 2019
Edition:1st ed. 2019
Series:Anthropological Studies of Education
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. A Little Learning: Women, Men, and Schools in Rural Sri Lanka
  • 2. Princely Rajputana Subjects: Traditional Livelihood Skills as Preparation for Educational Success and Activism
  • 3. Education: Process, Promise, Predicament
  • 4. The Legacy of Mission Schooling: Mobility and Identity in a Tamil Protestant Congregation
  • 5. Increasing Life Options through Education: A Karnataka Village Study
  • 6. “Going Out to School:” The Impact of Girls’ Education on Family and Gender Systems in Bhubaneswar, India
  • 7. Family Matters: Understanding Educational Choices and Gendered Science in India
  • 8. “If You Have Education, You Have Everything:” Multigenerational Attitudes towards Women’s Education in Bangalore, India
  • 9. Getting in, Dropping out, and Staying on: Determinants of Girls’ School Attendance in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal