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Contested Hierarchies

- A Collaborative Ethnography of Caste among the Newars of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

About Contested Hierarchies

This collective study of the urban civilization of the Newars of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, is the most complete and approachable account yet of a regional caste system. All the major Newari viewpoints are covered: low castes as well as high, artisans as well as priests, Buddhist as well as Hindu, rural as well as urban.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780198279600
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 378
  • Published:
  • September 13, 1995
  • Dimensions:
  • 165x244x28 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 738 g.
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Description of Contested Hierarchies

This collective study of the urban civilization of the Newars of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, is the most complete and approachable account yet of a regional caste system. All the major Newari viewpoints are covered: low castes as well as high, artisans as well as priests, Buddhist as well as Hindu, rural as well as urban.

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