{"product_id":"ethnic-revival-and-religious-turmoil","title":"Ethnic Revival and Religious Turmoil","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Marie Lecomte-Tilouine\u003cbr\u003ePascale Dollfus\/\u003cbr\u003eEditor(s): Marie Lecomte-Tilouine \/ Pascale Dollfus\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2003\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 341\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0195655923\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe multi-ethnic and multi-caste communities of the Himalayan region are today witnessing the revival of ethnic and religious consciousness leading to widespread social and political upheaval. This collection engages with the rapid social change and acute religious and identity crises that have emerged in an area extending from Gilgit to Eastern Nepal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe volume asks if the rise of tribal groups within the region’s elaborate caste system in indicative of an opposition to the nation-state or is a sign of modernity. How are matters of ethnic identity defined and used today? And further, have representations of collective identity and a sense of ethnic belonging changed? In answering these questions, the contributors explore representations of the self and the other among the region’s social groups through spatial, historical, and cultural prisms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach essay in this collection is supplemented by a commentary that illustrates the plurality of approaches to studying the Himalayan region. While appraising the discourse on selfhood and identity, the essays suggest new directions in method and disciplinary focus that go beyond conventional understanding of notions of identity among Himalayan peoples.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis important volume on life, society, and culture in the Himalayas will be useful to students, teachers and researchers of social and cultural anthropology, sociology history, politics, ethnicity, literature, and culture. It will also be of interest to policy-makers, journalists and the informed lay reader.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCONTRIBUTORS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReading Sumnima\u003cbr\u003eComments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWashing your Neighbour’s God\u003cbr\u003eBuddhist Royal Ritual in Fourteenth Century Himalayan Kingdoms\u003cbr\u003eComments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Cultural Hierarchies to a hierarchy of Multiculturalisms: The Case of the Newars of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal\u003cbr\u003eComments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDifferences and Distances\u003cbr\u003eContested Ethnic Markers in Local and National Communities\u003cbr\u003eComments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBahuns: Ethnicity without an Ethnic Group \u003cbr\u003eComments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIdentity and Power in a Conflictual Environment\u003cbr\u003eComments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDumji and Zhindak\u003cbr\u003eLocal Festival Performance and Patronage as a Crucial Source of Sherpa identity\u003cbr\u003eComments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Janajati and the Nepali State\u003cbr\u003eAspects of identity and Integration\u003cbr\u003eComments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInsiders and Outsiders\u003cbr\u003eCommunity and identity in Kumaon, North India \u003cbr\u003eComments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Art of Representation\u003cbr\u003eDomesticating Ladakhi Identity \u003cbr\u003eComments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSelves and Others\u003cbr\u003eRepresenting Multiplicities of difference in Gilgit, Northern Areas of Pakistan\u003cbr\u003eComments\u003cbr\u003eConcluding Remarks\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Marie Lecomte-Tilouine \/ Oxford University Press \/ Hardcover","offer_id":68153607324016,"sku":"12703","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/12703.jpg?v=1793911552","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/ethnic-revival-and-religious-turmoil","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}