This book deals, importantly and expertly, with what most other anthropological studies leave out: the individual person. The contributors take large strides towards filling this yawning anthropological gap, including in their analyses a wide spectrum ofethnographic types, from Tarai-dwellers to those living in the highest mountainssss
James F. Fisher, Carleton College Collectively, these essays remind us of the central ... Read moreimportance of individual persons whenever we attempt to understand culture and the ways that it shapes, and is shaped by, personal identities. By delivering this reminder so sharply and concretely, the book is clearly a success and deserves to be read.
Gregory G. Maskarinec, University of Hawaii
Journal of Anthropological Research
This represents the most wide-ranging sample of Indian military opinion yet undertaken. Kundu's study is an important addition to the understanding of the Indian military provided by earlier studies. It demonstrates the value of blending documentary with oral sources and of adopting an inter-disciplinary approach to South Asian Studies.
Ian Talbot
Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies
This is extremely readable volume; each article contains personal reflection, anecdote, and ethnographic detail.
Naomi H. Bishop, California State University, Northridge
Religious Studies Review, Vol 26, No. 2
The book is an important one, not only because of its subject matter, but also because of the way such examinations proceed; few anthropologists have looked at individual lives in Himalayan societies in such ethnografically rich, theoretically sophisticated terms. One of the volume's strengths is the ethnographic diversity and comprehensiveness staked out by the contributors. Another is the matrix of concepts, questions, insights, assessments and reassessments that results from a careful reading of the chapters.
Transcultural Psychiatry
This book deals, importantly and expertly, with what most other anthropological studies leave out: the individual person. The contributors take large strides towards filling this yawning anthropological gap, including in their analyses a wide spectrum of ethnographic types, from Tarai-dwellers to those living in the highest mountains
James F. Fisher, Carleton College [This] volume consists of .... ethnographic studies [which] explore the dialectical relationship between individuals and their sociocultural and historical environment....all the contributions are important components of a well-disciplined, unitary exercise.
Charles Ramble, University of Oxford
Journal of Asian Studies
This represents the most wide-ranging sample of Indian military opinion yet undertaken. Kundu's study is an important addition to the understanding of the Indian military provided by earlier studies. It demonstrates the value of blending documentary with oral sources and of adopting an inter-disciplinary approach to South Asian Studies.
Ian Talbot
Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies
This is an attractive and readable volume which all specialists on Nepal should consult.
Journal Of The Royal Anthropological Institute
This is a strong contribution to the ethnography of Nepal, South Asia, and an important exploration of contemporary theories of the processes of self-formation and in and against daily practices and dominant discourses.
Cambridge Anthropology
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