Ruling social groups—From species to nations: Reflections on changing conceptualizations of caste and ethnicity in Nepal

Ethnic Activism and Civil Society in South Asia

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 291-336

  Lecomte Tilouine, Marie ^a  

^a CNRS research team Milieux   (France)

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DOI: 10.4135/9788132104223.n11     Document Type: Chapter

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