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Informationen zum Autor Sara Shneiderman is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology and the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs/Institute of Asian Research at the University of British Columbia. Klappentext Sara Shneiderman is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology and the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs/Institute of Asian Research at the University of British Columbia. Zusammenfassung The first comprehensive ethnography of the Thangmi! a marginalized community who migrate between Himalayan border zones! Rituals of Ethnicity explores Thangmi cultural worlds and regional political histories to offer a new explanation for the persistence of enduring ethnic identities despite the realities of mobile! hybrid lives. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of 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 Migration, Circular Economies of 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
