Anthropology and Sociology of Nepal : Cultures, Societies, Ecology and
Development/edited by Ram B. Chhetri and Om P. Gurung. Kathmandu,
Sociological and Anthropological Society of Nepal, 1999, xii, 372 p., (pbk). ISBN
99933-301-1-6.
Anthropology and Sociology of Nepal : Cultures, Societies, Ecology and
Development/edited by Ram B. Chhetri and Om P. Gurung. Kathmandu,
Sociological and Anthropological Society of Nepal, 1999, xii, 372 p., (pbk). ISBN
99933-301-1-6.
Contents: I. Introduction: 1. Anthropology and sociology of Nepal: retrospect and prospects/Ram B. Chhetri and Om P. Gurung. 2. Inaugural statement: the conference on anthropology and sociology/Harka Gurung. 3. Mountain research and development in the twenty-first century: the need for a new paradigm/Robert Rhoades. II. Studies on rituals and ethnic/caste identities: 4. A comparative study of life-cycle rituals of the Newars, Parbate Hindus and the Maithils/Hiroshi Ishi. 5. Food rituals and taboos: an ethnoarchaeological study among Brahmans and Magars in the Baglung district of Western Nepal/Terje Oestigaard. 6. Occupational caste groups in the hills of Nepal: a sociological analysis/Gyanu Chhetri. 7. Making Mongols: identity construction and ethnic politics in Ilam district, Nepal/Susan I. Hagen. 8. Ethnic identity and the politics of ethnographic museum in Nepal/Ganesh M. Gurung. III. Demographic studies: 9. Anthropological demography in Nepal: a review/Dilli R. Dahal. 10. Timing of family formation in ethnic Mosaic, Nepal: a district level analysis/Shyam Thapa. 11. An anthropo-geographic approach to territorial mobility: examples from inside a rural Nepali community/Bhim P. Subedi. 12. Women and decision making: a successful marriage mode in Nepal/Shara G. Neidell. IV. Management of natural resources: 13. Anthropology and biophysical sciences in natural resource management: is a symbiosis possible?/R.J. Fisher and Don A. Gilmour. 14. The rhetoric and realities of people's participation in conservation and development in Nepal: an anthropological perspective/Ram B. Chhetri. 15. Forest policies and access to forests in Nepal: winners and losers/Elvira Graner. 16. Indigenous management systems of natural resources in Nepal/Man B. Thapa. 17. Local strength and institutional limitations: issues of user group conflict in community forest management/Tulsi R. Pandey. 18. Local institutions, cultural practices and resource management in a mountain village of West Nepal/Om P. Gurung. 19. Community forestry through the 'looking glass': forest user group networks at work/Charla Britt. 20. Environmental impact of copper mining and smelting-past and present: a case study from Okharbot village, Myagdi district/Nils Anfinset. V. Medical anthropology and sociology: 21. Culturally appropriate health intervention in conflict with Nepali management culture/Marta Levitt. 22. Health ethics and choice of healing: patient level cases from neuropathetic clinics/Bipin K. Acharya. 23. Concepts of health and illness among rural adolescent women in Eastern Nepal/Marion Gibbon. 24. Herbal medicines and therapy practices in Nepal/Ritu P. Gartaula. List of contributors.