The inner and outer selves cosmology, gender, and ecology in the Himalayas

Using an ethnographic study of the Jad Bhotiya community of Uttarkashi, this book discusses universal concepts of nationalism, identity, and democracy, to name a few. It also talks about their constructions of gender; the political construction of self with respect to international and border relati...

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Main Author: Channa, Subhadra
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Delhi Oxford University Press 2013, 2013
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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