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

ISBN-13: 9781108497466 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 334 str.

Ina Zharkevich

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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.