Contested Hierarchies A Collaborative Ethnography of Caste among the Newars of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal |
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| Editor:
| Gellner, David N.
Quigley, Declan |
| Series title: | Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology - Cultural Forms |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-564848-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1999 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $39.95 |
Book Description:
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Contested Hierarchies is an innovative collaborative study by six anthroplogists (two British, one American, one French, one Japanese and one Nepali) of a famous complex society, that of the Newars of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Focusing on the core institutions of kinship and intercaste relations, the different contributions toContested Hierarchies analyse the cultural specificities of Newar society.
Contested Hierarchies is an innovative collaborative study by six anthroplogists (two British, one American, one French, one Japanese and one Nepali) of a famous complex society, that of the Newars of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Focusing on the core institutions of kinship and intercaste relations, the different contributions toContested Hierarchies analyse the cultural specificities of Newar society.