The Impact of Education in South Asia: Perspectives from Sri Lanka to Nepal (Anthropological Studies of Education)

This edited volume focuses on the impact of education among different social groups in different geographical areas of South Asia. The chapters illustrate the effects of formal education on castes ranging from Dalits to Brahmins, Buddhists, and Christians, even as they consider a range of topics such as the relevance of practical knowledge prior to formal teaching, the personal educational experiences of young women, missionary education, curriculum, and the challenges and benefits of Information Technology. The geographical areas range from Sri Lanka and Nepal to various Indian states, including Karnataka, Tamilnadu, Maharastra, Odisha, and Rajasthan. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxiii Introduction: The Impact of Education in South Asia—From Sri Lanka to Nepal (Helen E. Ullrich)....Pages 1-10 Getting in, Dropping out, and Staying on: Determinants of Girls’ School Attendance in Nepal (Sarah LeVine)....Pages 11-36 “Going Out to School”: The Impact of Girls’ Education on Family and Gender Systems in Bhubaneswar, India (Susan C. Seymour)....Pages 37-52 Family Matters: Understanding Educational Choices and Gendered Science in India (Carol C. Mukhopadhyay)....Pages 53-82 Rural Women’s Education: Process and Promise (Ann Grodzins Gold, Chinu Gujar, Ghumar Gujar, Madhu Gujar)....Pages 83-110 Refashioning Futures: Dalit Women’s Education and Empowerment in Maharashtra (Shailaja Paik)....Pages 111-135 “Government Brahmin” Caste, the Educated Unemployed, and the Reproduction of Inequities (A. R. Vasavi)....Pages 137-160 Schooling, Identity, and Belonging in a Tamil Lutheran Congregation (Geoffrey L. Burkhart)....Pages 161-187 Life Options Through Education: A Karnataka Village Study (Helen E. Ullrich)....Pages 189-218 Thinking Through Livelihood: How a Peasantry of Princely Rājpuṭāna Became Educated and Activist Rural Citizens of Rajasthan, India (R. Thomas Rosin)....Pages 219-243 The Curriculum, and the Hidden Curriculum, in Indian Education, 1985 to the Present (Nita Kumar)....Pages 245-269 A Little Learning: Women, Men, and Schools in Rural Sri Lanka (Deborah Winslow)....Pages 271-286 Discussion and Conclusion—Reflections on the Impact of Education in South Asia: From Sri Lanka to Nepal (Helen E. Ullrich)....Pages 287-297 Back Matter ....Pages 299-308