Contested Hierarchies: A Collaborative Ethnography of Caste Among the Newars of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal David N. Gellner, Declan Quigley Clarendon Press, 2023 - 364 pages This collective study of the urban civilization of the Newars of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, provides a comprehensive account of a regional caste system. It describes the perspectives of low caste members as well as high, artisans as well as priests, Buddhists as well as Hindus. |
