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