The politics of belonging in the Himalayas : local attachments and boundary dynamics
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The politics of belonging in the Himalayas : local attachments and boundary dynamics
(Governance, conflict and civic action, v. 4)
SAGE, 2011
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Description
The Politics of Belonging in the Himalayas is an exploration of the various forms of bonds and attachments by which individuals are bounded to their collectivities and localities in the Himalayan regions of India and Nepal. To grasp these phenomena adequately, the book proposes a new analytical approach through the concept of belonging.
The book is based on several case studies carried out by anthropologists, political science scholars, historians, and geographers who help bring together rich ethnographical data from different regions of the Himalayas. Organized in three parts, it describes the interactions between local forms of belonging and new forms of classification and governance imposed through national integration and transnational modes of politics.
The book analyses different types of societal formations in various historical periods and captures the ongoing change in them. Fundamentally, this collaborative publication is an attempt to go beyond (and beneath) identity constructions and to call into question the idea of permanence implied by the term.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction: Belonging and Multiple Attachments in Contemporary Himalayan Societies - Joanna Pfaff-Czarnecka and Gerard Toffin
I: TERRITORIALITY AND INDIGENEITY
Hamro Gaon: Practices of Belonging in Rural Nepal - Anne de Sales
Fluid Belonging - Gisele Krauskopff
Belonging, Indigeneity, Rites, and Rights: The Newar Case - David N Gellner
Belonging to the Borders: Uncertain Identities in Northeast India - Philippe Ramirez
Politics of Belonging: Identity and State-Formation in Nagaland - Sanjay Kumar Pandey
II: SOCIO-RELIGIOUS BONDING
To Whom does the Pashupatinath Temple of Nepal Belong? - Axel Michaels
Brotherhood and Divine Bonding in the Krishna Pranami Sect - Gerard Toffin
Religion, Rituals, and Symbols of Belonging: The Case of Uttarakhand - William Sax
The Politics of Encounter: Hindu Belonging in a Multi-faith Pilgrimage Site in Nepal - Jessamine Dana
III: COMMITMENTS AND CONFLICTS
Emergent Nationalism, Citizenship, and Belonging among Nepalis in Banaras: The Case of Kashi Bahadur Shrestha - Martin Gaenszle
Pathways of Place Relation: Moving Contours of Belonging in Central Nepal - Ben Campbell
Belonging, Protected Areas, and Participatory Management: The Case of Kaziranga National Park (Assam) and of the Misings' Shifting Territory - Joelle Smadja
Geocultural Identities and Belonging in the Ethnohistory of Central Himalaya and Uttarakhand, India - Maheshwar P Joshi
Trials, Witnesses, and Local Stakes in a District Court of Himachal Pradesh - Daniela Berti
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