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Modern Dharma: The moral worlds of Newar middle-class families in Bhaktapur, Nepal

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: Based on 15 months of ethnographic research in 2018–2019, this dissertation explores family transformations among an emerging middle class in the Nepali city of Bhaktapur. It investigates how people are revising domestic relations and moralities in the pursuit of well-being and how household members conceive of domestic duties and ultimately build their sense of moral selves through a redefinition of the Hindu concept of dharma. Firstly, by analysing personal narratives of conflict and adjus...

Source: European Bulletin of Himalayan Research

DOI: 10.4000/ebhr.2068

Author: Paola Tiné

Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, École des hautes études en sciences sociales

Language: English

Topic: Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nepal

Subfield: Demography

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4390824586

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