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While the Gods Were Sleeping: A Journey Through Love and Rebellion in Nepal

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Availability:In StockContributor:Elizabeth EnslinPublish date:2014-09-23Pages:312
Language:EnglishPublisher:Seal Press (CA)ISBN-13:9781580055444ISBN-10:1580055443UPC:9781580055444Book Category:Travel, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Special Interest, Essays & Travelogues, MemoirsBook Topic:LiteraryAward:2014 IndieFab awards Honorable Mention - Autobiography/Memoir Award|2016 Oregon Book Awards Finalist - Creative Nonfiction AwardSize:8.10 x 5.50 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SC44S52TX2

While the Gods Were Sleeping: A Journey Through Love and Rebellion in Nepal

Love and marriage brought American anthropologist Elizabeth Enslin to a world she never planned to make her own: a life among Brahman in-laws in a remote village in the plains of Nepal. As she faced the challenges of married life, birth, and childrearing in a foreign culture, she discovered as much about human resilience, and the capacity for courage, as she did about herself.

While the Gods Were...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Seal Press (CA)ISBN-13:9781580055444ISBN-10:1580055443UPC:9781580055444Book Category:Travel, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Special Interest, Essays & Travelogues, MemoirsBook Topic:LiteraryAward:2014 IndieFab awards Honorable Mention - Autobiography/Memoir Award|2016 Oregon Book Awards Finalist - Creative Nonfiction AwardSize:8.10 x 5.50 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SC44S52TX2
Elizabeth Enslin grew up in Seattle and went on to earn her PhD in cultural anthropology from Stanford University in 1990. While a graduate student, she married into a Brahman family in the plains of Nepal. Inspired by local women, especially her mother-in-law, she researched women's organizing, poetics, politics, and agroecology. Her academic essay, "Beyond Writing: Feminist Practice and the...
Publisher: Seal Press (CA)

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🏆 2014 IndieFab awards Honorable Mention - Autobiography/Memoir Award|2016 Oregon Book Awards Finalist - Creative Nonfiction Award

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