Study Abroad & International Programs » Approved Study Abroad Options for Pitzer Students » Pre-departure Information for Pitzer Students » Additional Reading Materials about Nepal Additional Reading Materials about Nepal Lynn Bennett Chapters 1-3 of Dangerous Wives and Sacred Sister Village and Family: The Socioeconomic Context of Women’s Lives Conceptual Framework and Some Central Oppositions Life-Cycle Rites Sex and Motherhood among the Brahmins and Chhetris of East-Central Nepal The Wives of the Rishis Michael Hutt Being Nepali without Nepal: Reflections on a South Asian Diaspora Pradhan & Subba Rajendra Pradhan: Ethnicity, caste and a pluralist society T.B. Subba: Nepal and the Indian Nepalis Study Questions: Prahdan and Subba Articles Linda Stone Concepts of Illness and Curing in a Central Nepal Village Food Symbolism in Hindu Nepal Suitably Modern Chapter 2: Modern Nepali History and the Rise of the Middle Class Chapter 3: Middle Class Consciousness: “Hanging Between the High and the Low” Chapter 4: Consumer Culture in Kathmandu: “Playing with Your Brain” Chapter 5: “Doing Fashion” in Kathmandu: Class and the Consumer Public
