TY  - BOOK
AU  - Singh, Chetan Ed.
TI  - Recognizing diversity : society and culture in the Himalaya
SN  - 0198069081
U1  - 306.0954 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Madras,Singapore etc
PB  - Oxford Uni. Press
N1  - CONTENTS List of Figures and Tables  vii Foreword by Peter Ronald deSouza ix Introduction: Recognizing Himalayan Diversity  1 Chetan Singh Part 1 Environment and Human Response 1 Diverse Livelihood Strategies and the Changing Economy of Colonial Uttarakhand  17 Dhirendra Datt Dangwal 2 Diversity of Nature Conservation Practices in Himachal Pradesh  51 Sanjeeva Pandey Part 2 Gender, Society, and Ethnicity 3 Diversity as Counter-Hegemony: Reet and Gender Relations in Himachal Pradesh  75 Yogesh Snehi 4 Polyandry and Customary Rights in the Western Himalaya 98 Chetan Singh 5 The Subaltern Speak in the Bhutanese Lozey. A Critique of Two Indigenous DzongkkaTexts 121 Jaiwanti Dimri 6 Cultural Diversity, Social Exclusion, and Identity Politics in Nepal 137 Hart Prasad Bhattarai Part 3 The Many Ways of Religion 7 Archaeology of an Extinct Religious Tradition : Bonpos of the Western Himalaya  169 Laxman S. Thakur 8 Deep Ecology and Buddhism: Imperatives for the Himalayan Region 193 Bharati Puri Part 4 Expressions of Folk Tradition 9 Trie Diversity of the Ramayana Tradition in the Garhwal Himalaya 205 Dtnesh P. Saklani 10 Folk Expression and Imagination in a Himalayan Festival: Diversity as Reflected in Kumaoni Holi Festival  226 Girija Pande 11 The Changing Face of Banthda: Folk Drama of Mandi and Suket in Himachal Pradesh  246 Meenaksbi F. Paul Notes on Contributors  255
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