Race and the politics of identity in Nepal

Ethnology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-64

  Hangen, Susan ^a  

^a RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Identity politics; Nepal; Race; Strategic essentialism

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL IDENTITY; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; POLITICS; RACE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 27344444695     PISSN: 00141828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3773959     Document Type: Article

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