| Description |
xxii, 623 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Studies in anthropology and history ; v. 20 |
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Studies in anthropology and history ; v. 20
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| Contents |
Ethnicity and nationalism in the world's only Hindu state / David N. Gellner -- Political identity in Nepal : state, nation, and community / John Whelpton -- King and the cow : on a crucial symbol of Hinduization in Nepal / Axel Michaels -- Being Nepali without Nepal : reflections on a South Asian diaspora / Michael Hutt -- Caste, communalism, and communism : Newars and the Nepalese state / David N. Gellner -- Identity and change among the Gurungs (Tamu-mai) of central Nepal / Alan Macfarlane -- Heavy loads of Tamang identity / Ben Campbell -- Defining Maithil identity : who is in charge? / Claire Burkert -- Losing ground, gaining ground : land and change in a Tharu community in Dang, west Nepal / Christian McDonaugh -- Hinduization : the experience of the Thulung Rai / N.J. Allen -- Identity management and cultural change : the Yakha of east Nepal / Andrew Russell -- Changing concepts of ethnic identity among the Mewahang Rai / Martin Gaenszle -- Tibetan pride of place : or, why Nepal's Bhotiyas are not an ethnic group / Charles Ramble -- Vestiges and visions : cultural change in the process of nation-building in Nepal / Joanna Pfaff-Czarnecka -- Nation-building, multi-ethnicity, and the Hindu state / Prayag Raj Sharma -- State and society in Nepal / Harka Gurung |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 555-586) and indexes |
| Subject |
Ethnicity -- Nepal.
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Ethnology -- Nepal.
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Religion and culture -- Nepal.
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| SUBJECT |
Nepal http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79091522 -- Ethnic relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005646
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Nepal -- Politics and government -- 1990- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95007147
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| Author |
Gellner, David N.
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Pfaff-Czarnecka, Joanna.
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Whelpton, John.
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| LC no. |
97190530 |
| ISBN |
9057020890 |
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