Many Tongues, One People : : The Making of Tharu Identity in Nepal /

Many Tongues, One People : : The Making of Tharu Identity in Nepal / / Arjun Guneratne.

The Tharu of lowland Nepal are a group of culturally and linguistically diverse people who, only a few generations ago, would not have acknowledged each other as belonging to the same ethnic group. Today the Tharu are actively redefining themselves as a single ethnic group in Nepal's multiethni...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Guneratne, Arjun,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
©2002
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.) :; 3 figures, 3 maps, 10 halftones, 5 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Tables
  • Preface
  • Note to the Reader
  • 1. Introduction: Ethnicity and Culture
  • 2. The Tharu and the Tarai
  • 3. Ethnicity and the Nepali State
  • 4. Land, Labor, and Politics
  • 5. Organizing the Elite
  • 6. The Making of Tharu Identity
  • 7. Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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