Chapter 1 – The Big Village

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures vi
4. Acknowledgments vii
5. Notes on Transliteration xi
6. Introduction: The Countryside as Home 1
7. PART I History, Politics, Place
8. Chapter 1 – The Big Village 29
9. Chapter 2 – Genealogies Revealed and Concealed 50
10. PART II Gender, Generation, Kinship
11. Chapter 3 – Reproducing Kin across Generational Divides 81
12. Chapter 4 – Gendered Aspirations in Marriage 114
13. Chapter 5 – Fields, Food, and the Market 147
14. Chapter 6 – Dangerous Domesticities 178
15. Conclusion: Claims, Belonging, and the Home 204
16. Postscript: Home as Workplace 213
17. References 223
18. Index 239