Selves in time and place : identities, experience, and history in Nepal
This text draws upon ethnographic research in Nepal to examine how selves, identities, and experience are produced in dialogical relationships through time in a multi-ethic nation-state and within a discourse of nationalism.
Aufsatzsammlung
xii, 342 pages ; 24 cm
9780847685981, 9780847685998, 0847685985, 0847685993
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