Migration, Social Change, Health, and the Realm of the Possible: Women's Stories between Nepal and New York
Anthropology & Humanism
Format:
Journal Article
Publication Year:
2011
Pages:
193 - 214
Source ID:
shanti-sources-97571
Collection:
Himalayan and Tibetan Medicine
Abstract:
SUMMARY This article uses narrative ethnography centered on two individuals from Mustang, Nepal-their embodied experiences and subjectivities, including their understandings of birth and disability-to explore the ways that migration can alter senses of self and home, body and family, and what I call the realm of the possible. Although these stories emerge primarily through the voices of women, their narratives point toward a broader analysis about the relationship between place and well being, medicine and social change.