Book chapter
Introduction
Anthropology of Nepal: Peoples, Problems and Process
Mandala Publications
1994
Abstract
An International Conference on the Anthropology of Nepal: Peoples, Problems and Processes was 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. [Book Synopsis]
Details
- Title
- Introduction
- Authors
- Michael Allen (Author)Robert J Fisher (Author) - University of Western Sydney
- Contributors
- M Allen (Editor)
- Publication details
- Anthropology of Nepal: Peoples, Problems and Process
- Publisher
- Mandala Publications
- Organisation Unit
- Tropical Forests & People Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Forest Research Institute
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449909302621
- Output Type
- Book chapter
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