The Ends of Kinship
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For centuries, people from Mustang, Nepal, have relied on agriculture, pastoralism, and trade as a way of life. Seasonal migrations to South Asian cities for trade as well as temporary wage labor abroad have shaped their experiences for decades. Yet, more recently, permanent migrations to New York City, where many have settled, are reshaping lives and social worlds. Mustang has experienced one of the highest rates of depopulation in contemporary Nepal—a profoundly visible depopulation that contrasts with the relative invisibility of Himalayan migrants in New York.Drawing on more than two decades of fieldwork with people in and from Mustang, this book combines narrative ethnography and short fiction to engage with foundational questions in cultural anthropology: How do different generations abide with and understand each other? How are traditions defended and transformed in the context of new mobilities? Anthropologist Sienna Craig draws on khora, the Tibetan Buddhist notion of cyclic existence as well as the daily act of circumambulating the sacred, to think about cycles of movement and patterns of world-making, shedding light on how kinship remains both firm and flexible in the face of migration. From a high Himalayan kingdom to the streets of Brooklyn and Queens, The Ends of Kinship explores dynamics of migration and social change, asking how individuals, families, and communities care for each other and carve out spaces of belonging. It also speaks broadly to issues of immigration and diaspora; belonging and identity; and the nexus of environmental, economic, and cultural transformation.
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Sienna R. Craig. The Ends of Kinship
CONTENTS
RECOGNITION AND GRATITUDE
INTRODUCTION
PART I. ATTENDING TO BIRTH
BLOOD AND BONE. GRANDMOTHER
MOTHER
DAUGHTER
FINDING THE WOMB DOOR. WRITTEN ON THE FOREHEAD
THE COUNTENANCE OF HARM
AUTHORITATIVE KNOWLEDGE
REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY (A HUNDREDS EXPERIMENT)
FAMILY PLANNING
THE GRANDMOTHER HYPOTHESIS
HALLMARK HOLIDAYS
PART II. PARENTS AND CHILDREN
LETTERS FOR MOTHER
GOING FOR EDUCATION. SITUATING SCHOOL SPONSORSHIP
VISITING DAYS
RECKONINGS
DAYCARE
POSTER CHILDREN
SUNDAY SCHOOL
THE VILLAGE AS FOREIGN TERRITORY
SUMMER CAMP AND SOCIAL STATUS
PART III. SUBSISTENCE AND STRATEGY
PAPER AND BEING
WILL AND WITNESS
INHERITANCE DISPUTE
LAND DEED
NAGARIKTA
PASSPORT
VISA
GREEN CARD
BRINGING HOME THE TRADE. ARCHITECTURES OF DESIRE
SENSES OF CONNECTION
LIVING
COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS
THE EX-MONK JEEP MAFIA
PRAYER FLAGS
CASH CROPS
PART IV. WOMEN AND MEN
NIGHT VISITORS
AT THE THRESHOLD OF THIS LIFE. A GOOD MATCH
THE BEST HUSBANDS
SKETCHES OF MATRIMONY AND ITS OTHERS
SPECTERS OF RETURN
PART V. LAND AND LINEAGE
GODS AND DEMONS. DZONG, SUMMER 2013
MANHATTAN, SUMMER 2013
DZONG, SPRING 2014
DZONG, SPRING 2015
BROOKLYN, SUMMER 2015
BROOKLYN, SUMMER 2017
THE GROUND BENEATH OUR FEET. GEOGRAPHIES OF DISLOCATION, GEOGRAPHIES OF HOME
BORDER CONSCIOUSNESS
PROFIT AND LOSS
VALUING HERITAGE
THE SHAPES OF WATER (A HUNDREDS REDUX)
POPLAR AND JUNIPER
TENTS AS A CAUTIONARY TALE
STONES AND SILENCE
PART VI. LOSS AND TRANSFORMATION
THREE SEASONS IN THE FIRE MONKEY YEAR. SPRING: KATHMANDU
SUMMER: JACKSON HEIGHTS
FALL: GHILING
BETWEEN PRESENCE AND ABSENCE. A DIRGE FOR THE VILLAGE
VIRTUAL NETWORKS, ACTUAL CARE
IN PASSING
RELEASE OF CONSCIOUSNESS
CEREMONY
THANKSGIVING
CONCLUSION
GLOSSARY
ESSAY ON SOURCES AND METHODS
PART I
PART II
PART III
PART IV
PART V
PART VI
BIBLIOGRAPHY
CREDITS
INDEX
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR COURSE USE