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Author Fisher, William F., 1951-

Title Fluid boundaries : forming and transforming identity in Nepal / William F. Fisher
Published New York : Columbia University Press, ©2001

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 295 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents 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
Summary Examining the relationship between societal practice, historical processes, and culture in a Nepali society, this book tells the story of the Thakali's search for identity and their efforts to clarify and represent their culture and history
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-281) and index
Notes In English
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Subject Thakali (Nepalese people) -- Ethnic identity
Thakali (Nepalese people) -- Social life and customs
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General.
Thakali.
Etnisch bewustzijn.
Ethnische Identität.
Soziale Wirklichkeit.
Thakali.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2001032461
ISBN 0231504802
9780231504805
0231110863
9780231110860
0231110871
9780231110877