Contested hierarchies
a collaborative ethnography of caste among the Newars of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
by David N. Gellner and Declan Quigley
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The urban civilization of the Newars of the Kathmandu Valley provides a paradigm for the study of caste and Hindu kingship. In this innovative study six anthropologists, in a genuinely collaborative international endeavour, pool their knowledge of the three ancient royal cities of Kathmandu, Lalitpur, and Bhaktapur, and the nearby settlements which once formed part of their respective kingdoms.
Contested Hierarchies opens with an introduction outlining the historical background and contemporary context of Newar society. In the central chapters of the book the social institutions of all the main caste groups - Hindu and Buddhist priests, patrons, artisans, farmers, and low castes - are given extended consideration.
A comparative conclusion, which locates controversies about the Newars within wider theoretical debates over the nature of caste, demonstrates how the fundamental principles underlying all caste systems are particularly clearly exemplified by the Newar case.
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Hinduism, Caste, Newar (Nepalese people), Social life and customs, Nepal, population, Ethnology, nepalPlaces
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Contested Hierarchies: A Collaborative Ethnography of Caste among the Newars of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal (Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology)
October 10, 1995, Oxford University Press, USA
in English
0198279604 9780198279600
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Contested hierarchies: a collaborative ethnography of caste among the Newars of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
1995, Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press
in English
0198279604 9780198279600
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [332]-349) and index.
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