Fluid Boundaries : Forming and Transforming Identity in Nepal
William F. Fisher
Bok Engelsk 2001 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | New York : : Columbia University Press, , 2001.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (317 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Table of Contents; List of Maps and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: Thakali Again for the Very First Time; 2. Drawing Lines: On Constructing and Contesting Boundaries; 3. Forging Histories; 4. Separation and Integration: Community and Contestation; 5. Ritual Landscapes; 6. Codifying Culture; 7. Constructing Thakali; 8. Beyond Sanskritization; 9. Old Artificers in a New Smithy; Notes; Glossary; Works Cited; Index. - More than an ethnography, this book clarifies one of the most important current debates in anthropology: How should anthropologists regard culture, history, and the power process?Since the 1980s, the Thakali of Nepal have searched for an identity and a clarification of their “true" culture and history in the wake of their rise to political power and achievement of economic success. Although united in this search, the Thakali are divided as to the answers that have been proposed: the “Hinduization" of religious practices, the promotion of Tibetan Buddhism, the revival of practices associated wi
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| Emner | Ethnic identity.
Social life and customs. Thakali (Nepalese people). Etnisitet : (NO-TrBIB)HUME08133 Vis mer... History & Archaeology
Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East Samfunn : (NO-TrBIB)HUME09164 South Asia Thakalier : (NO-TrBIB)HUME00907 Tradisjoner : (NO-TrBIB)HUME04839 antropologi sosialantropologi thakali etnisitet grenser |
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| ISBN | 0231110863. - 0231110871
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