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Readings in Anthropology and Sociology of Nepal
Dahal, Dilli Ram, Laya Prasad Uprety & Bipin Kumar Acharya (eds.)
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Published by Sociological/Antropological Society of Nedpal, 2012
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 437 pages. Proceedings of a conference held in June 2002 in Kathmandu.
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Published by Centre for Nepal and Asian Studies, Kathmandu, 2000
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Published by Central Department of Anthropology Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, 2017
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. viii, 473p. Essays by Nepali anthropologists on kinship, culture, environment and change, gender and health, religion and ritual, urbanism, and infrastructure and portering.
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Kinship Studies in Nepali Anthropology
edited by Laya Prasad Uprety, Binod Pokharel and Suresh Dhakal
Language: English
Published by Central Department of Anthropology, Tribhvuan University, 2017
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Soft cover. Condition: As New. Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Revisiting kinship studies in Nepali Anthropology: a critique and a proposal/Laya Prasad Uprety. 2. Kinship structure in Nepali Society: A reexamination of the unilineal descent system/Dilli R. Dahal. 3. "Not my Relative" Reckoning kinship and relatedness among the L…obas of Mustang/Ram B. Chhetri. 4. Territorial marriage pattern and kinship relation among the Bahun-Chhetris in Kanth of Kathmandu/Binod Pokharel and Uma Bhandari. 5. "Dhimal-Limbu Daju Bhai": Inter-ethnic kinship, place-making and indigenous activism in the Eastern Nepal/Janak Rai. 6. Syaisyai as an Institution for creating solidarity: Death rite passage and kin roles in the Gurung community/Prakash Upadhyay. 7. Mit relation in far west: ritual, reciprocity and reproduction of social relationship/Suresh Dhakal and Nabin Rawal. 8. Tamang Clans and social organization/Mukta S. Tamang. 9. The political economy of kinship and marriage among the Musahars/Madhu Giri. 10. Conversion to Christianity and changing kinship practice among the Santhal people in the Eastern Tarai, Nepal/Lagan Rai. 11. Cross-cousin marriage practices among the Magars of Nepal: An anthropological perspective/Shyamu Thapa Magar. 12. Functions of Kinship in ecological adaptation: an ethnographic study from a village of Eastern Nepal/Bhanu Timseena. 13. Kinship network among the Tharus: preliminary ethnographic observations from Western Terai of Nepal/Surya Bhakta Sigdel.
Contemporary Nepali Social and Cultural Anthropology: A Reader
edited by Laya Prasad Uprety, Binod Pokharel, Janak Rai, Suresh Dhakal and Mukta Singh Lama
Language: English
Published by Central Department of Anthropology Tribhuvan University, 2018
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Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Foreword. 1. Introductory remarks on the contemporary Nepali social and cultural anthropology/L.P. Uprety, B. Pokharel, J. Rai, S. Dhakal and M.S. Lama. I. Kinship: 2. Changing affinal relations among the Bahuns: an ethnographic study of Kinship practice through Bahun-Newar inte…rmarriage/Anisha Bhattarai. 3. Exploring changes in the cross-cousin marriage among the Gurungs of Nepal/Jaya Thapa. II. Culture, resource, environment and change: 4. Anthropological perspective on water, sanitation and hygiene development: an analysis of the community level observations/Kamal Raj Sharma. 5. Climate change and disaster vulnerability in upper mustang of Nepal/Man Bahadur Khatttri. 6. Anthropology of landslide: an emic perspective from Nhason/Jiban Mani Poudel. III. Gender and Health: 7. Climate change and gender relations in Nepal: reckoning climate change vulnerability on gender relations in the post-earthquake period/Prakash Upadhyay. 8. Though the metaphor: reflection and reshaping selves, situations and health/Kapil Dahal. 9. Nepalese women in informal sector: an overview of women in labor market/Guneshwor Ojha. 10. Gender response to disaster: a case study from Barpak, Gorkha/Kusumlata Tiwari. IV. Religion and ritual: 11. From Pande to Pastor: experiences and practices of the early Christian converts in the Chepang (Chyobang) community/Lagan Rai. 12. Ritual and religious meaning/relevance of the Maharaj Than/Gramthan and Annual ritual Nisi Puja among the Rajbanshis/Bhim Rai. 13. Soil worship practices among the Nuniyas of Eastern Tarai, Nepal/Srijana Thapaliya. V. Urbanism, Infrastructure and Portering: 14. Cities are what cities perform: theorizing cities in Nepali context/Amrit Kumar Bhandari. 15. The politics of road: an ethnography of Bhalubang-Pyuthan road of Western Nepal/Shyam Kunwar. 16. Dreams of dollars at high altitude: an anthropological study of porters involved in trekking around the Khumbu region, Nepal/Khadga Narayan Shrestha. VI. Institutional development of Nepali anthropology: 17. Anthropology as an Independent discipline in Nepal: recent developmental history, practice and vortex of epistemological and institutional challenges/Laya Prasad Uprety and Binod Pokharel.
Current Dynamics in Transforming Nepal
edited by Dilli Ram Dahal, Laya Prasad Uprety and Bipin Kumar Acharya
Language: English
Published by Sociological/Anthropological Society of Nepal and Adroit Publishers, 2018
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Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Foreword. I. Keynotes and commemorative paper: Keynotes: 1. History, structure and conceptualization and categorization in sociology/Chaitanya Mishra. 2. Making space by Nepali anthropologists: an appraisal/Dilli Ram Dahal. Commemorative paper: 3. In memory of Prof. Santa Bahadur… Gurung/Bipin K. Acharya. II. Cultural Identity, movement and Governance: 4. Diversity and reconstruction of identities in contemporary Nepal/Asha Lal Tamang and Dimpal Yonjan Lama. 5. Culture conservation and identity making: the public anthropology of ethnic museums and heritage sites/Bipin Kumar Acharya. 6. Public understanding of the Government at local level/Bishnu Raj Upreti and Sony K.C. 7. Maoist movement in Nepal: implications for India/Eyasin Khan. 8. The narrative of Chawa: The Yamphu notion of self, identity and territory/Hom Yamphu. 9. Caste and identity: an ethnographic study of Dalit students/Kuldip Neupane. 10. Does law exist in the informal (stateless) society? A study of community laws and justice system of the Kisans of Eastern Nepal/Shambhu Prasad Kattel. 11. The magars, their history and identity in the eyes of scholars/Shyamu Thapa Magar. III. Development, Social mobilization and poverty: 12. Development impact: forced marginalization or retrofitting of economy?/Bhanu Timseena. 13. Dependency while producing public knowledge: an experience from post 1990 Nepal/Devendra Uprey. 14. Applicability of transition management and backcasting in Nepal: a case study from Kaule, Nuwakot District Eva Wieners, Martina Neuburger and Udo Schickhoff. 15. The potential of harmonization of modern development with traditional cultures: effects of migration on traditional Tamang society in Nepal/Kazuko Tatsumi and Phurpa Tamang. 16. Alcoholism and poverty: an incessant relationship/Parpanna Maskey. 17. Social mobilization for democratizing local Governance and development in Nepal: lessons from local Governance and community development program/Sangram S. Lama. 18. Disguised development: reigning Chaos/Santosh K. Bhagat. 19. Concept of development for the ethnic communities: a boon of bane? Field experiences from the Chenchus/Savaras (in India) and Newars (in Nepal)/Sipoy Sarveswar and Kiran Maharjan. IV. Disability and social inclusion/exclusion: 20. Disability and suffering: the challenges faced by people with physical disability/Khusboo Gupta. 21. Overcoming barriers to higher education: the experience of University graduates with disabilities/Santosh Shrestha. 22. Poverty as living with disability/Tek Nath Subedi. V. Education, Health and Nutrition: 23. Diet, physical activity and morbidity profiles of the elderly in a Kolkata neighbourhood: an exploratory study/Abhijit Dutta. 24. Technical education and poverty reduction in Nepalese rural village: focusing on Chapagaun VDC Lalitpur, Nepal/Amit Koirala. 25. Missing category: mental health in school level education/Obindra B. Chand and Devendra Uprety. 26. Role of education in social inclusion of Muslims in Nepal/Pasang Sherpa. 27. Medical practices among Hyolmos: an overview/Ram Hari Dhakal. VI. Gender and womenhood: 28. Personal narratives of Thakali women: education and aspiration/Dipti Sherchan. 29. Abused girl children in a slum of Berhampur (India)/Itishree Padhi. 30. In the modern way: women, development, and modernity in urban Nepal/Margaret Becker. 31. Gender mainstreaming: challenges as perceived among Nepalese Professionals/Mina Devi Uprety. 32. Sexuality in the making: Nepali rural women's experience/Mira Mishra. 33. Patriarchy and the politics of gender identity in Nepal/Sarita Uprety. 34. Construction of masculinity in Vedic society: a sociological analysis/Shukra Raj Adhikari. 35. A study on effect of biogas in Terai arc landscape (TAL) from gender perspectives/Sikshya Adhikary Rana. VII. Human rights, violence of human security: 36. Concepts and major initiatives of human security/Bishnu Pathak. 37. Schemata of HIV/AIDS and human rights in Nepal: community legal empower.
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