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Fluid Boundaries: Forming and Transforming Identity in Nepal
William F. Fisher
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Description for Fluid Boundaries: Forming and Transforming Identity in Nepal
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKN; JFSL9; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
More than an ethnography, this book clarifies one of the most important current debates in anthropology: How should anthropologists regard culture, history, and the power process? Since the 1980s, the Thakali of Nepal have searched for an identity and a clarification of their "true" culture and history in the wake of their rise to political power and achievement of economic success. Although united in this search, the Thakali are divided as to the answers that have been proposed: the "Hinduization" of religious practices, the promotion of Tibetan Buddhism, the revival of practices associated with the Thakali shamans, and secularization. ... Read more
More than an ethnography, this book clarifies one of the most important current debates in anthropology: How should anthropologists regard culture, history, and the power process? Since the 1980s, the Thakali of Nepal have searched for an identity and a clarification of their "true" culture and history in the wake of their rise to political power and achievement of economic success. Although united in this search, the Thakali are divided as to the answers that have been proposed: the "Hinduization" of religious practices, the promotion of Tibetan Buddhism, the revival of practices associated with the Thakali shamans, and secularization. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231110877
SKU
V9780231110877
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About William F. Fisher
William F. Fisher is associate professor of anthropology at Harvard University.
Reviews for Fluid Boundaries: Forming and Transforming Identity in Nepal
This authoritative account of Thakali society remains an extremely welcome addition to... the wider body of anthropological research into the political implications of the social construction of cultural identity.
Michael Wilmore, University of Adelaide, Australia Ethnos Fluid Boundaries offers a sophisticated and intellectual evaluation... The book is an essential addition.
Mark Turin Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute ... Read more
Michael Wilmore, University of Adelaide, Australia Ethnos Fluid Boundaries offers a sophisticated and intellectual evaluation... The book is an essential addition.
Mark Turin Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute ... Read more