Recognizing himalayan diversity: society and culture in the himalaya

The Himalayas stand apart as a large identifiable region and mountain societies have much in common that bind them together. This volume presents a detailed discussion on how, despite the similarities, Himalayan societies are diversein terms of various aspects such as environment, inter-caste relations, marriage customs, religious practices, and folk traditions. INDICE: Introduction; Chetan Singh; I. Environment and Human Response ;1.: Diverse Livelihood Strategies and the Changing Economy of Colonial Uttarakhand Dhirendra Datt Dangwal; 2.: Diversity of Nature Conservation Practices in Himachal Pradesh Sanjeeva Pandey; II. Gender, Society, and Ethnicity; 3.: Diversity as Counter-hegemony: Reet and Gender Relations in Himachal Pradesh Yogesh Snehi; 4.: Diverse Forms of Polyandry and Customary Rights of Inheritance and Landownership in the Western Himalayas Chetan Singh; 5.: The Subaltern Speak in the Bhutanese Lozey: A Critique of Two Indigenous Dzongka Texts JaiwantiDimri;; 6.: Cultural Diversity, Social Exclusion and Identity Politics in Nepal Hari Prasad Bhattarai; III. The Many Ways of Religion; 7.: Archaeology of an Extinct Religious Tradition: Bonpos of the Western Himalaya Laxman S. Thakur;; 8.: Deep Ecology and Buddhism: Imperatives for the Himalayan Region BharatiPuri; 9.: Pluralism in Kashmiri Religious Traditions Mushtaq A. Kaw; IV. Expressions of Folk Tradition; 10.: The Diversity of the Ramayana Tradition in theGarhwal Himalaya D. P. Saklani; 11.: Folk Expression and Imagination in a Himalayan Festival: Diversity as Reflected in Kumaoni Holi Girija Pande; 12.: TheChanging Face of Banthda: Folk Drama of Mandi and Suket in Himachal Pradesh Meenakshi F. Paul; Contributors

• ISBN: 978-0-19-806908-9
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 312
• Fecha Publicación: 20/01/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés