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