Hindu kingship, ethnic revival, and Maoist rebellion

Lecomte-Tilouine, Marie:
Hindu kingship, ethnic revival, and Maoist rebellion in Nepal / Marie Lecomte-Tilouine. - New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2009. - xiv, 294 S. : Ill., Kt. - (Oxford collected essays)
ISBN 978-0-19-569792-6
Rs. 695,00
US$ 28,35 (Biblia Impex)

Beschreibung
A remarkable study of the past in the present, this volume shows the emergence of dualist conceptions of society, which took root in tribal revivalism and ultimately nourished the Maoist revolution in Nepal.
   The author explores the critical theme of 'otherness' and provides insights into the way domination functions. She addresses puzzling questions, such as - Why do the Nepalese 'Indigenous Peoples' worship the Hindu Earth-Goddess whereas Hindus neglect her? Why did Nepal's Hindu kings use indigenous priests for their most important rituals? Why did the Brahman Maoist leaders oppose the Hindu monarchy and support tribal autonomy? [Verlagsinformation]

Inhalt
List of Photographs and Map. ix
Acknowledgements. xi
Publisher's Acknowledgements. xiii
Introduction: Stereotypes, Alterocenrtrism, and Alterization in Nepal. 3
1. Spirits, Shamans and Englishmen: Perception of the Others in Vir Caritra, a 19th Century Nepalese Novel. 31
2. Hindu Power in a Tribal Territory: The Cult of the Earth-Goddess Bhume among the Magars. 61
3. The Enigmatic Pig: On Magar Participation in the State Rituals of Nepal. 81
4. Desanskritization of the Magars: Ethno-History of a Group with no History. 122
5. The Messianic and Rebel King Lakhan Thapa: Utopia andIdeology among the Magars. 156
6. The Transgressive Nature of Hindu Kingship in Nepal. 193
7. Regicide and Maoist Revolutionary Warfare: Modern Incarnations of a Warrior Kingdom. 220
8. 'Kill one, he becomes one hundred': Martyrdom as Generative Sacrifice in the Nepal People's War. 238
Postscript. 267
Bibliography. 270
Index. 284

Autorin
MARIE LECOMTE-TILOUINE is Senior Researcher in Social Anthropology at CNRS, France, and teaches at the Institut National des Langues Orientales, Paris. Profile page.

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