Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. List of Figures ix
4. List of Abbreviations xi
5. Note on Terminology and Transliteration xiii
6. Prologue xv
7. CHAPTER 1 Moralities in Transition 1
8. CHAPTER 2 Envisaging “Better Lives” Across Three Generations: The Rise of the Middle Class in Bhaktapur and Its Existential Perspectives 30
9. CHAPTER 3 Parent-Child and Child-Peer Dimensions of Friendship: Making Moral Selves Between “Advanceness” and “Shame” 57
10. CHAPTER 4 “Mutual Understandings” and “Lonely Heart Talks”: Self-Making and Social Change Through Conflict and Adjustment Around Marriage Practices 84
11. CHAPTER 5 A Room of One’s Own: Well-Being in the House Space 101
12. CHAPTER 6 Seeking “Heartfelt Help”: The Emergence of the Friendship Guthi 122
13. CHAPTER 7 To Expect or Not to Expect: Making “Modern” Elders Between Anxiety and Well-Being 149
14. CONCLUSION Moral Selves, Social Change, and Hierarchies of Values 167
15. GLOSSARY 179
16. NOTES 183
17. BIBLIOGRAPHY 193
18. INDEX 213
19. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 227