Revolution and reaction in the Himalayas: Cultural resistance and the Maoist "new regime" in western Nepal

American Ethnologist

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 481-499

  Shah, Saubhagya ^a  

^a Patandhoka   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Event; Funeral; Maoism; Nepal; Peasant; Resistance; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 50349086012     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2008.00047.x     Document Type: Article

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