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1. Introduction

© 2019 Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick

© 2019 Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Note on Translation and Transliteration xiii
  5. 1. Introduction 1
  6. 2. Sri Lanka: Setting the Ethnographic Context 21
  7. 3. Socializing Desire: Demanding Toddlers and Self-Restrained Children 42
  8. 4. Shaping Attachments: Learning Hierarchy at Home 69
  9. 5. Making Sense of Envy: Desires and Relationships in Conflict 112
  10. 6. Engaging with Hierarchy outside the Home: Education and Efforts at Change 144
  11. 7. Culturing People 168
  12. Notes 181
  13. References 193
  14. Index 205
  15. About the Author 213
Childhood in a Sri Lankan Village
This chapter is in the book Childhood in a Sri Lankan Village
https://doi.org/10.36019/9780813561677-003

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. Note on Translation and Transliteration xiii
  5. 1. Introduction 1
  6. 2. Sri Lanka: Setting the Ethnographic Context 21
  7. 3. Socializing Desire: Demanding Toddlers and Self-Restrained Children 42
  8. 4. Shaping Attachments: Learning Hierarchy at Home 69
  9. 5. Making Sense of Envy: Desires and Relationships in Conflict 112
  10. 6. Engaging with Hierarchy outside the Home: Education and Efforts at Change 144
  11. 7. Culturing People 168
  12. Notes 181
  13. References 193
  14. Index 205
  15. About the Author 213
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