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Rituals of Ethnicity is a transnational study of the relationships between mobility, ethnicity, and ritual action. Through an ethnography of the Thangmi, a marginalized community who migrate between Himalayan border zones of Nepal, India, and the Tibetan Autonomous Region of China, Shneiderman offer...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shneiderman, Sara, 1975-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2015.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Contemporary ethnography.
Temas:
Emigration and immigration > Political aspects.
Ethnicity > Political aspects > Himalaya Mountains Region.
Tribes > Government policy > India, Northeastern.
Tribes > Government policy > Nepal.
Thami (South Asian people) > India, Northeastern > Government relations.
Thami (South Asian people) > Nepal > Government relations.
Thami (South Asian people) > Migrations.
Thami (South Asian people) > Ethnic identity.
Thami (South Asian people)
Ethnicité > Aspect politique > Himālaya.
Tribus > Politique gouvernementale > Inde (Nord-Est)
Tribus > Politique gouvernementale > Népal.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
Emigration and immigration > Political aspects
Ethnicity > Political aspects
Tribes > Government policy
Himalaya Mountains Region
Northeastern India
Nepal
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1. Of Rocks and Rivers--Being Both at Once
  • Chapter 2. Framing, Practicing, and Performing Ethnicity
  • Chapter 3. Origin Myths and Myths of Originality
  • Chapter 4. Circular Economies of Migration, Belonging, and Citizenship
  • Chapter 5. Developing Associations of Ethnicity and Class
  • Chapter 6. Transcendent Territory, Portable Deities, and the Problem of Indigeneity
  • Chapter 7. The Work of Life-Cycle Rituals and the Power of Parallel Descent
  • Chapter 8. Resisting the End of a Ritual
  • Epilogue. Thami ke ho?--What Is Thami?
  • Glossary
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.

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