The Politics of Belonging in the Himalayas : Local Attachments and Boundary Dynamics
Joanna. Pfaff-Czarnecka
Bok Engelsk 2011 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | New Delhi : : SAGE India, , 2011.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (385 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Series Note; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part I: Territoriality and Indigeneity; 1 - Hamro Gaon: Practices of Belonging in Rural Nepal; 2 - Fluid Belongings: The Weight of Places in aValley of Western Nepal; 3 - Belonging, Indigeneity, Rites, and Rights: The Newar Case; 4 - Belonging to the Borders: Uncertain Identities in Northeast India; 5 - Politics of Belonging: Identity and State-formation in Nagaland; Part II: Socio-religious Bonding; 6 - To Whom does the Pashupatinath Temple of Nepal Belong?; 7 - Brotherhood and Divine Bonding in the Krishna Pranami Sect. - 13 - Geocultural Identities and Belonging in the Ethnohistory of Central Himalaya, Uttarakhand, India14 - Trials, Witnesses, and Local Stakes in a District Court of Himachal Pradesh; Glossary and Abbreviations; About the Editors and Contributors; Name Index; Subject Index. - 8 - Religion, Rituals, and Symbols of Belonging: The Case of Uttarakhand9 - The Politics of Encounter: Hindu Belonging in a Multi-faith Pilgrimage Site in Nepal; Part III: Commitments and Conflicts; 10 - Emergent Nationalism, Citizenship, and Belonging among Nepalis in Banaras: The Case of Kashi Bahadur Shrestha; 11 - Pathways of Place Relation: Moving Contours of Belonging in Central Nepal; 12 Belonging, Protected Areas, and Participatory Management: The Case of Kaziranga National Park (Assam) and of the Misings' Shifting Territory. - The Politics of Belonging in the Himalayas is an exploration of the various forms of bonds and attachments by which individuals are bounded to their collectivities and localities in the Himalayan regions of India and Nepal. To grasp these phenomena adequately, the book proposes a new analytical approach through the concept of belonging. The book is based on several case studies carried out by anthropologists, political science scholars, historians, and geographers who help bring together rich ethnographical data from different regions of the Himalayas. Organized in three parts, it describes th
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| ISBN | 9788132105244
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