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Anthropology of Nepal : Peoples, Problems and Processes

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Edited by: Michael Allen
Publisher: Mandala Publications
ISBN: 9789993342298

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An International Conference on the Anthropology of Nepal: Peoples, Problem and Processes were held in the Hotel Vajra, Kathmandu from the 7th to the 14th September 1992. It was organized jointly by the Centre for Nepal and Asian Studies (CNAS). Tribhuvan University and the Department of Anthropology, University of Sydney. This volume includes research articles written by 13 Nepalese and 24 foreign scholars. A distinctive feature of the collection is the special attention accorded to the kind of contribution that anthropology can make to the understanding of problems in social living. Topics covered include the following: The Anthropology of Resource Management, Urbanism in Nepal, The State and the People, Women and Power, Medical Anthropology, The Anthropology of Performance and Problems in Identity.

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Weight 0.5 kg