A Dramatic shift away from arranged marriage and capture marriage is underway in the village of junigau, Nepal. Traditionally prohibited from courting in person, young people of love letter writing. And as a result, the practice of elopement is on the rise. Using a rich ethnographic style, Laura M.Ahearn discusses the implications of this emerging love letter correspondence and traces out the broader ramifications for literacy, gender, love, personhood and social ...
