Anne T Mocko

Demoting Vishnu

Ritual, Politics, and the Unraveling of Nepal's Hindu Monarchy

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Produktbeschreibung

Demoting Vishnu examines how the same public ritual that once placed kings at the privileged apex of Nepal's government now in the 21st-century have stopped serving the king, turning instead to authorize party-based politicians.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP US
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 445g
• ISBN-13: 9780190275228
• ISBN-10: 0190275227
• Artikelnr.: 42968904

Autorenporträt

Anne T. Mocko is Assistant Professor of Asian Religions, Concordia College.

Inhaltsangabe

* Acknowledgments
* 1. Introduction
* 2. The Rise and Fall of the Shah Dynasty
* 3. Succession rituals and the 2001 crisis
* 4. Reinforcement Rituals I: Seeing the Sacred Vest
* 5. Reinforcement Rituals II: Gaining the Goddess's Blessing
* 6. Reinforcement Rituals III: Celebrating the Nation's Patriarch
* 7. Conclusion
* Appendix A: Proclamation of the House of Representatives (18 May
2006)
* Appendix B: List of Formal Interviews
* Appendix C: Glossary of Nepali Terms with Devanagari-Script
Equivalents
* Bibliography
* Index