Invitations to Love: Literacy, Love Letters, and Social Change in Nepal

by Laura M. Ahearn

Book Overview

Invitations to Love provides a close examination of the dramatic shift away from arranged marriage and capture marriage toward elopement in the village of Junigau, Nepal. Laura M. Ahearn shows that young Nepalese people are applying their newly acquired literacy skills to love-letter writing, fostering a transition that involves not only a shift in marriage rituals, but also a change in how villagers conceive of their own ability to act and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472067842
• ISBN13: 9780472067848
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Amazing!

I read this book for a graduate seminar and found it to be invaluable. A fantastic read as well as an excellent academic text.