Includes bibliographical references (p. 555-586) and indexes.
Contents:
State and society in Nepal / Harka Gurung. 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.
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