National Costumes of Nepal
Title | National Costumes of Nepal PDF eBook |
Author | Persijs Muiznieks |
Publisher | Xlibris Corporation |
Pages | 216 |
Release | 2011-08-23 |
Genre | Photography |
ISBN | 1469128047 |
Nepal comprises more or less 100 ethnic and caste groups, with the largest having more than three million in population. In this first volume of a series, 44 ethnic and caste groups will be represented and introduced to the readers through their diverse, colorful, symbolic, and notably designed costumes. Groups like the Bahragau, Chhetri, Khadiya, Lopa, Shathar, Teli, Walung, and many others are being displayed in this book. National Costumes of Nepal is not intended as detailed review of all ethnic and caste groups of Nepal, but this is more of a photo document and show national costumes as it is nowadays. Books in every home "If your first love was book, love it forever" www.persijsphotogallery.com
Nepalese Ethnic Costumes & Ornaments
Title | Nepalese Ethnic Costumes & Ornaments PDF eBook |
Author | Poonam Rajya Laxmi Rana |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | Ethnic costume |
ISBN | 9789937022361 |
Traditional Textiles and Clothing of Nepal
Title | Traditional Textiles and Clothing of Nepal PDF eBook |
Author | Linda Marie Crichlow |
Publisher | |
Pages | 151 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Singing Across Divides
Title | Singing Across Divides PDF eBook |
Author | Anna Marie Stirr |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 313 |
Release | 2017-09-29 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 0190631996 |
An ethnographic study of music, performance, migration, and circulation, Singing Across Divides examines how forms of love and intimacy are linked to changing conceptions of political solidarity and forms of belonging, through the lens of Nepali dohori song. The book describes dohori: improvised, dialogic singing, in which a witty repartee of exchanges is based on poetic couplets with a fixed rhyme scheme, often backed by instrumental music and accompanying dance, performed between men and women, with a primary focus on romantic love. The book tells the story of dohori's relationship with changing ideas of Nepal as a nation-state, and how different nationalist concepts of unity have incorporated marginality, in the intersectional arenas of caste, indigeneity, class, gender, and regional identity. Dohori gets at the heart of tensions around ethnic, caste, and gender difference, as it promotes potentially destabilizing musical and poetic interactions, love, sex, and marriage across these social divides. In the aftermath of Nepal's ten-year civil war, changing political realities, increased migration, and circulation of people, media and practices are redefining concepts of appropriate intimate relationships and their associated systems of exchange. Through multi-sited ethnography of performances, media production, circulation, reception, and the daily lives of performers and fans in Nepal and the UK, Singing Across Divides examines how people use dohori to challenge (and uphold) social categories, while also creating affective solidarities.
Historical Dictionary of Nepal
Title | Historical Dictionary of Nepal PDF eBook |
Author | Nanda R. Shrestha |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 530 |
Release | 2017-02-10 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 144227770X |
Nepal is a living example of contrasts and contradictions.It is a country that was born in medieval times, grew up in the 16th century, and now finds itself engulfed in the high-tech gadgets and material marvels of the 21st century. Nepal has its share of problem which include inadequate economic development and social infrastructure, poverty and corruption, plus worsening pollution, but now it finally has relative peace and quiet after a hasty Maoist uprising. Indeed, it has passed through several democratic elections, and finally seems to be getting on the right track. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Nepal contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Nepal.
Rethinking New Womanhood
Title | Rethinking New Womanhood PDF eBook |
Author | Nazia Hussein |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 234 |
Release | 2018-04-09 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 3319679007 |
Covering India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal, Rethinking New Womanhood effectively introduces a ‘new’ wave of gender research from South Asia that resonates with feminist debates around the world. The volume conceptualises ‘new womanhood’ as a complex, heterogeneous and intersectional identity. By deconstructing classification systems and highlighting women’s everyday ongoing negotiations with boundaries of social categories, the book reconfigures the concept of ‘new woman’ as a symbolic identity denoting ‘modern’ femininity at the intersection of gender, class, culture, sexuality and religion in South Asia. The collection maps new sites and expressions on women and gender studies around nationhood, women’s rights, transnational feminist solidarity, ‘new girlhoods ’, aesthetic and sexualised labour, respectability and ‘modernity’, LGBT discourses, domestic violence and ‘new’ feminisms. The volume will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines including gender studies, sociology, education, media and cultural studies, literature, anthropology, history, development studies, postcolonial studies and South Asian studies.
Rehearsing for Life
Title | Rehearsing for Life PDF eBook |
Author | Monica Mottin |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 301 |
Release | 2018-03-09 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 110841611X |
This work presents an account of what it means to perform theatre and live by theatre, grounded in ethnographic research.