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In the heart of India there is a small settlement of agriculturalists, artisans, and entrepreneurs living in mud-plastered houses nestled at the foot of a forest-covered hill. None of the villagers have travelled outside of India and most have but a dim idea of the location of America, which they call “Amirka, ” or “Land of the Rich. ” In fact, some of the least sophisticated of the villagers believe America lies somewhere near the snowcapped Himalayas, as they have heard America is a country of ice and snow, very unlike the tropical region they inhabit. But however uninformed these villagers may be about New World geography, they know a surprising amount about American family life, as they have been able to observe at first hand an American family which has been associated with their village for several years.
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Jacobson, D. (1987). Mango Pickles and Goat Grass: Family Fieldwork in an Indian Village. In: Butler, B., Turner, D.M. (eds) Children and Anthropological Research. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1843-9_2
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