Political Change and Public Culture in Post-1990 Nepal
Political Change and Public Culture in Post-1990 Nepal
Pratyoush Onta, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
This book explores various domains of the Nepali public sphere in which ideas about democracy and citizenship have been debated and contested since 1990. It investigates the ways in which the public meaning of the major political and sociocultural changes that occurred in Nepal between 1990 and 2013 was constructed, conveyed and consumed. These changes took place against the backdrop of an enormous growth in literacy, the proliferation of print and broadcast media, the emergence of a public discourse on human rights, and the vigorous reassertion of linguistic, ethnic and regional identities. Scholars from a range of different disciplinary locations delve into debates on rumours, ethnicity and identity, activism and gender to provide empirically grounded histories of the nation during one of its most important political transitions.
- Draws heavily on Nepali language sources to shed light on perceptions and understandings of political and societal change
- Studies how the public culture of post-1990 Nepal was reconstituted between 1990 and 2013
- Looks at non-dominant discourses in the print media, film, social media, drama, music, autobiography, and circulation of rumours to provide empirically grounded histories of the nation
Product details
January 2027Hardback
9781107172234
296 pages
237 × 160 × 24 mm
0.54kg
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Table of Contents
- List of figures
- Introduction: political change and public culture in post-1990 Nepal Michael J. Hutt and Pratyoush Onta
- Part I. Rumour:
- 1. The Royal Palace Massacre, rumours and print media in Nepal Marie Lecomte-Tilouine
- 2. The Royal Palace Massacre, conspiracy theories and Nepali street literature Michael J. Hutt
- 3. Country of rumours: making sense of a Bollywood controversy Mallika Shakya
- Part II. Ethnicity and Identity:
- 4. 'Numafung': images of Limbu culture in ethnic cinema Martin Gaenszle
- 5. Janajati magazines and the contents of the subaltern counterpublic sphere during the 1990s Pratyoush Onta and Devraj Humagain
- 6. Vote for Prashant Tamang: representations of an Indian idol in the Nepali print media and the retreat of multiculturalism Harsha Man Maharjan
- Part III. Activist Cultures:
- 7. Mobilizing meanings: local cultural activism and Nepal's public culture Ingemar Grandin
- 8. Protests, space and creativity: theatre as a site for the affective construction of democracy in Nepal Monica Mottin
- Part IV. Gender and Resistance:
- 9. Heroic tales: memoirs by Maoist women Kailash Rai
- 10. Motherhood containers: cantonments and media framing of female ex-combatants in Nepal's transition Seira Tamang
- Part V. Heritage:
- 11. Publics of heritage and domestic archives among urban Nepalis of the Valley Laura Kunreuther
- Contributors
- Index.
