Catchy melodies and clenched fists: Performance as politics in Maoist cultural programs

The Maoist Insurgency in Nepal: Revolution in the twenty-first century

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 52-72

  Mottin, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203869390-11     Document Type: Chapter

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