Research Catalog

Title

Nepali diaspora in a globalised era / edited by Tanka B. Subba and A.C. Sinha.

Publication

Abingdon, Oxon Routledge, 2016.

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Additional Authors

• Subba, Tanka Bahadur
• Sinha, Awadhesh Coomar

Description

xvii, 305 pages : illustrations, map; 23 cm

Summary

"This is one of the first books to explore Nepali diaspora in a global context, across India and other parts of South Asia, Southeast Asia, Europe, and Australia. It discusses the social, political and economic status and aspirations of the Nepali community worldwide. The essays in the volume cover a range of themes including belonging and identity politics among Nepalese migrants, representation of Indian Nepalis in literature, diasporic consciousness, forceful eviction and displacement, social movements, and ritual practices among migrant communities. Drawing attention to the lives of Nepali emigrants, the volume presents a sensitive and balanced understanding of their options and constraints, and their ambivalences about who they are. This work will be invaluable to scholars and students of Nepal studies, area studies, diaspora and migration studies, social anthropology, cultural studies and literature." from publisher's website.

Series Statement

Nepal and Himalayan studies

Subjects

• Nepali people > Nepal
• Nepal > Social life and customs

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Diasporic Junctions: An Eternal Journey of Mankind -- Changing Paradigms of Nepalese Migration and Emerging Diaspora -- Hami Nepali? Belonging in Nepal and Nepali Diaspora Ulrike Müller-Böker -- Competing Perspectives on the Gurkhas and Identity Politics in Nepal -- Mythical Entrapment of the Self and the Notion of Nepali Diaspora -- The Indian Gorkhas: Changing Orientations of a Diasporic Society -- Diasporic Imaginations of Darjeeling: Gorkhaland as an Imaginative Geography -- Writing from the Edges to the Centre: Theorizing the Fragmented Identity of Indian Nepalis -- The Inheritance of Loss and the Portrayal of Indian Nepalis -- The Making of Gurung Cultural Identifications in Sikkim -- Ties to Nepal and Diasporic Consciousness of Indians of Nepali Origin: Examples from Assam -- Between Two Worlds: A Re-reading of Brahmaputraka Cheuchao -- Gurkha Displacement from Burma in 1942: A Historical Perspective -- The Nepalis of Manipur in the Perspective of 'Cultural Collective' -- Evicted from Home, Nowhere to Go: The Case of Lhotshampas from Bhutan -- Lhotshampa Refugees and Nepali Diaspora -- Riots, 'Residence' and Repatriation: The Singapore Gurkhas -- Dreams of Sacrifice: Changing Ritual Practices among the Ex-Gurkha Immigrants in the UK.

Call Number

JFD 16-2545

ISBN

• 9781138922266
• 1138922269

LCCN

60002055422

OCLC

934785719

Title

Nepali diaspora in a globalised era / edited by Tanka B. Subba and A.C. Sinha.

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon Routledge, 2016.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Nepal and Himalayan studies

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Subba, Tanka Bahadur, editor.

Sinha, Awadhesh Coomar, editor.

Other Standard Identifier

60002055422

Research Call Number

JFD 16-2545