Many Tongues, One People: The Making of Tharu Identity in Nepal

Arjun Guneratne

Published by Cornell University Press 2002

Many Tongues, One People

The Making of Tharu Identity in Nepal

Arjun Guneratne

https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501725302

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The Tharu of lowland Nepal are a group of culturally and linguistically diverse people who, only a few generations ago, would not have acknowledged each other as belonging to the same ethnic group. Today the Tharu are actively redefining themselves as...

Author / Editor information

Arjun Guneratne is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Macalaster College.

Reviews

This book contains considerable background on the operation of caste and ethnic identity in Nepal and in India which is easily accessible to the informed layperson.

The reshaping of identity is a process at work among most of the numerous minority groups of the so-called 'multi ethnic' Nepal. Arjun Guneratne's book, the first of its kind concerning Nepal, is a most welcome contribution on a topic which has been in the foreground since the 1990s return of multipartism.... It is without doubt a very well documented and stimulating contribution to the ongoing debate on the politics of ethnicity in Nepal.

David Holmberg, Cornell University:

Many Tongues, One People is without question the most detailed and careful study of the politics of identity in Nepal and greater South Asia I have encountered. By focusing on the material conditions and social processes behind the production of a Tharu identity in Nepal, Arjun Guneratne is able to address critically the key theoretical positions on ethnicity in a highly informative way.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
List of Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
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Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Note to the Reader Publicly Available Download PDF	xvii
1. Introduction: Ethnicity and Culture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
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4. Land, Labor, and Politics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
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Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 256
Illustrations
- Other: 3 figures, 3 maps, 10 halftones, 5 tables
Keywords: Asian Studies; Anthropology

eBook

Published: August 6, 2018
ISBN: 9781501725302