Facing globalization in the Himalayas : belonging and the politics of the self / edited by Gerard Toffin, Joanna Pfaff-Czarnecka.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Toffin, Gérard.

Pfaff-Czarnecka, Joanna.

Series:

Governance, conflict and civic action series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnic groups--Himalaya Mountains Region.

Ethnic groups.

Group identity--Himalaya Mountains Region.

Group identity.

Nationalism--Himalaya Mountains Region.

Nationalism.

National characteristics.

Globalization--Himalaya Mountains Region.

Globalization.

Ethnic relations.

Himalaya Mountains Region--Ethnic relations.

Himalaya Mountains Region.

Physical Description:

pages cm.

Place of Publication:

New Delhi : SAGE, 2014.

Summary:

This book explores the complex relationships between belonging and globalization in the contemporary Himalayan world and beyond. Over the last decades, the interrelations at local, national, and global scales have intensified in historically unprecedented forms and intensity. At the same time, homogenizing global processes have generated parochial and vernacular reactions. This book aims at developing an appropriate analysis of these interactions and, thus, at supplementing the previous collection on the Politics of Belonging in the Himalayas. This book is the first major study on this topic and a crucial contributions to the study of the current change within the Himalayan societies and their cultures. It is based on several case studies carried out by outstanding anthropologists, geographers, linguists, political scientists working in the Indian and Nepalese Himalayas. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Introduction: Globalization and Belonging in the Himalayas and in Trans-Himalayan Social Spaces / Gerard Toffin Toffin, Gerard, Joanna Pfaff-Czarnecka Pfaff-Czarnecka, Joanna 1

Part I Shifting Horizons of Belonging

Chapter 2 Improbable Globalization: Individualization and Christianization among the Taraangs / Blandinc Ripert Ripert, Blandinc 45

Chapter 3 Circular Lives: Histories and Economics of Belonging in the Transnational Thangmi Village / Sara Shneiderman Shneiderman, Sara 63

Chapter 4 Being a Ladakhi, Playing the Nomad / Pascalc Dollfus Dollfus, Pascalc 96

Part II Migrant Experiences in South Asia and Beyond

Chapter 5 Migration, Marginaliry, and Modernity: Hill Men's Journey to Mumbai / Jeevan R. Shanna Shanna, Jeevan R. 119

Chapter 6 Rights and a Sense of Belonging: Two Contrasting Nepali Diaspora Communities / Mitra Pariyar Pariyar, Mitra, Bal Gopal Sbrestha Sbrestha, Bal Gopal, David H. Gellner Gellner, David H. 134

Chapter 7 Geographical, Cultural, and Professional Belonging of Nepalese Migrants in India and Qatar / Tristan Bruslé Bruslé, Tristan 159

Part III Creating Transnational Belonging

Chapter 8 Belonging and Solitude among Nepali Nurses in Great Britain / Svndra L. Hausner Hausner, Svndra L. 185

Chapter 9 Culture on Display: Metropolitan Multiculturalism and the Manchester Nepal Festival / Ben Campbell Campbell, Ben 209

Chapter 10 Being and Belonging: Mapping the Experiences of Nepali Immigrants in the United States / Bandita Sijapati Sijapati, Bandita 233

Chapter 11 Global Gurungs: Ethnic Organizing Abroad / Susan Hangen Hangen, Susan 264

Part IV Globality and Activist Experience

Chapter 12 Buddhist Activism, New Sanghas, and the Politics of Belonging among Some Tharu and Magar Communities of Southern Nepal / Cbiara Letizia Letizia, Cbiara 289

Chapter 13 Power Projects, Protests, and Problematics of Belonging in Dzongu, Sikkim / Tanka Subba Subba, Tanka 326

Chapter 14 Wccpingsikkim.blogspot.com: Reconfiguring Lepcha Belonging with Cyber-belonging / Vibha Arora Arora, Vibha 344

Part V National Reconfigurations

Chapter 15 Mother Tongues and Language Competence: The Shifting Politics of Linguistic Belonging in the Himalayas / Mark Turin Turin, Mark 371

Chapter 16 Who Belongs to Tibet? Governmental Narratives of State in the Ganden Pod rang / Martin A. Mills Mills, Martin A. 397

Chapter 17 Tne Last Himalayan Monarchies / Michael Hutt Hutt, Michael 419.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9788132111627

8132111621

OCLC:

866622548