Contested Hierarchies - A Collaborative Ethnography of Caste Among Newars of Kathmandu

Zusatztext Not only provides an innovative study into the role caste plays in the Kathmandu Valley, but also develops a systematic approach for the study of caste in general. The book is a well-rounded and balanced work. Klappentext This collective study of the urban civilization of the Newars of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, is the most complete and approachable account yet of a regional caste system. All the major Newari viewpoints are covered: low castes as well as high, artisans as well as priests, Buddhist as well as Hindu, rural as well as urban. Zusammenfassung This collective study of the urban civilization of the Newars of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, is the most complete and approachable account yet of a regional caste system. All the major Newari viewpoints are covered: low castes as well as high, artisans as well as priests, Buddhist as well as Hindu, rural as well as urban.

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• Authors: David N. Gellner, David N. (Lecturer in Social Anthropology Gellner, David N. Quigley Gellner, GELLNER DAVID N QUIGLEY DECLAN
• Assisted by: David N. Gellner (Editor), Gellner David N. (Editor), Declan Quigley (Editor), Quigley Declan (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.09.1995
• EAN: 9780198279600
• ISBN: 978-0-19-827960-0
• No. of pages: 378
• Series: Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology; Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology; Oxford Studies in Social and C
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Sprachwissenschaft, Linguistik, Nepal, RELIGION / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, Anthropology, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Archaeology / Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social groups, Religion: general, Social groups, communities and identities