Michele Ruth Gamburd – författare
Visar alla böcker från författaren Michele Ruth Gamburd. Handla med fri frakt och snabb leverans.
8 produkter
Kitchen Spoon's Handle
Transnationalism and Sri Lanka's Migrant Housemaids
Häftad, 2000
369 kr
Lägg i varukorg
A common Sinhala proverb states, "A woman's understanding reaches only the length of the kitchen spoon's handle." In this beautifully written book on the effects of female migration from Sri Lanka, Michele Ruth Gamburd shows that the length of that handle now spans several thousand miles, rather …
Golden Wave
Culture and Politics After Sri Lanka's Tsunami Disaster
Inbunden, 2013
902 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In December 2004 the Indian Ocean tsunami devastated coastal regions of Sri Lanka. Six months later, Michele Ruth Gamburd returned to the village where she had been conducting research for many years and began collecting residents' stories of the disaster and its aftermath: the chaos and loss of …
Golden Wave
Culture and Politics After Sri Lanka's Tsunami Disaster
Häftad, 2013
301 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In December 2004 the Indian Ocean tsunami devastated coastal regions of Sri Lanka. Six months later, Michele Ruth Gamburd returned to the village where she had been conducting research for many years and began collecting residents' stories of the disaster and its aftermath: the chaos and loss of …
Kitchen Spoon's Handle
Transnationalism and Sri Lanka's Migrant Housemaids
Inbunden, 2000
1645 kr
Lägg i varukorg
A common Sinhala proverb states, "A woman's understanding reaches only the length of the kitchen spoon's handle." In this beautifully written book on the effects of female migration from Sri Lanka, Michele Ruth Gamburd shows that the length of that handle now spans several thousand miles, rather …
Breaking the Ashes
The Culture of Illicit Liquor in Sri Lanka
Inbunden, 2008
1645 kr
Lägg i varukorg
"I'm going to break the ashes," yelled one daily drinker to another as their paths crossed early in the morning in the Sri Lankan village Michele Ruth Gamburd calls Naeaegama. The drinker's cryptic comment compared the warming power of alcohol—in the form of his first shot of kasippu, the local …
Breaking the Ashes
The Culture of Illicit Liquor in Sri Lanka
Häftad, 2008
460 kr
Lägg i varukorg
"I'm going to break the ashes," yelled one daily drinker to another as their paths crossed early in the morning in the Sri Lankan village Michele Ruth Gamburd calls Naeaegama. The drinker's cryptic comment compared the warming power of alcohol—in the form of his first shot of kasippu, the local …
Linked Lives
Elder Care, Migration, and Kinship in Sri Lanka
Häftad, 2020
468 kr
Lägg i varukorg
When youth shake off their rural roots and middle-aged people migrate for economic opportunities, what happens to the grandparents left at home? Linked Lives provides readers with intimate glimpses into homes in a Sri Lankan Buddhist village, where elders wisely use their moral authority and their …
Linked Lives
Elder Care, Migration, and Kinship in Sri Lanka
Inbunden, 2020
1793 kr
Lägg i varukorg
When youth shake off their rural roots and middle-aged people migrate for economic opportunities, what happens to the grandparents left at home? Linked Lives provides readers with intimate glimpses into homes in a Sri Lankan Buddhist village, where elders wisely use their moral authority and their …
