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The politics of belonging in the Himalayas : local attachments and boundary dynamics / edited by Joanna Pfaff-Czarnecka, Gerard Toffin.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Pfaff-Czarnecka, Joanna.
Toffin, Gérard.
Series:
Governance, conflict and civic action series ; v. 4.
Governance, conflict and civic action ; v. 4
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.
Himalaya Mountains Region--Ethnic relations.
Himalaya Mountains Region.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxxviii, 346 p.) : ill., maps.
Place of Publication:
New Delhi ; London : SAGE, c2011.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
This volume is an exploration of the various forms of bonds and attachments by which individuals in the Himalayan regions of India and Nepal are bound to their groups. To grasp these phenomena adequately, the book proposes a new analytical approach through the concept of belonging.
Contents:
pt. 1. Territoriality and indigeneity
pt. 2. Socio-religious bonding
pt. 3. Commitments and conflicts.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9786613235312
9788132119395
8132119398
9788132112976
8132112970
9781283235310
1283235315
9788132107729
8132107721
OCLC:
747410652

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