Maoist People''s War and the Revolution of Everyday Life in Nepal

Drawing on long-term fieldwork in the former Maoist heartland of Nepal, this book studies the war-time social processes during the civil war and their long-term legacy on the constitution of Nepali society.

List of contents

List of figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Thabang: from remote village to revolutionary myth; 2. The moral economy of war: the making of the base area; 3. Becoming Maoist in a time of insurgency; 4. The marital economy of war: reconfiguring kinship loyalties and conjugality; 5. Remaking the tribe: 'a farewell to bad traditions'; 6. Subverting the 'sacred cow': when beef becomes edible; 7. When all castes become one: transgressing caste boundaries during war; 8. When gods return to their homeland in the Himalayas: Maoism, religion, and change; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Ina Zharkevich is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford, and a Junior Research Fellow at Wolfson College.

Summary

Drawing on long-term fieldwork in the former Maoist heartland of Nepal, this book explores how the Maoist conflict transformed Nepali society between 1996–2006. It demonstrates how the everyday became a primary site of revolution in Nepal during the war and how people adopted previously transgressive practices and recreated their lives.

Product details

• Authors: Ina Zharkevich, Ina (University of Oxford) Zharkevich
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9781108497466
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49746-6
• No. of pages: 334
• Series: South Asia in the Social Scien; South Asia in the Social Sciences; South Asia in the Social Scien
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state