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EBHR
EUROPEAN BULLETIN OF HIMALAYAN RESEARCH
published by the EBHR Editorial Committee in conjunction with Social Science Baha, Kathmandu, Nepal
Autumn-Winter 2012
ARTICLES
The Kinship Terminology of the Sangtam Nagas 9 Pascal Bouchery and Lemlila Sangtam
Vote For Prashant Tamang: Representations of an Indian Idol in 30 the Nepali print media and the retreat of multiculturalism
Harsha Man Maharjan
‘Objectionable Contents’: The policing of the Nepali print media 58 during the 1950s
Lokranjan Parajuli
Maoist gates in Jumla and Mugu districts: Illustrations of the 84
‘People’s War’
Satya Shrestha-Schipper
‘This is How we Joke’. Towards an appreciation of alternative values 100 in performances of gender irony among the Gaddi of Himachal
Anja Wagner
CONFERENCE REPORT 121
BOOK REVIEWS 125
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European Bulletin of Himalayan Research
The European Bulletin of Himalayan Research (EBHR) was founded by the late Richard Burghart in 1991. It is the result of a partnership between France (CNRS), Germany (South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg) and the United Kingdom (School of Oriental and African Studies [SOAS]). From 2010 to 2014 the Editorial Board is based in the UK and comprises Michael Hutt (SOAS, Managing Editor), Ben Campbell (University of Durham), Ian Harper (University of Edinburgh), Sondra Hausner (University of Oxford), Heleen Plaisier, Sara Shneiderman (Yale University), and Arik Moran (University of Tel Aviv, book reviews editor).
The EBHR’s contributing editors are Martijn van Beek (University of Aarhus) Tone Bleie (University of Tromso) Pascale Dollfus (CNRS, Paris)
Martin Gaenszle (University of Vienna) David Gellner (University of Oxford) Ingemar Grandin (Linkoping University) Marie Lecomte-Tilouine (CNRS, Paris) Chiara Letizia (University of Milano-Bicocca) Fiona McConnell (University of Newcastle) Axel Michaels (University of Heidelberg) Matthew Nelson (SOAS)
Judi Pettigrew (University of Limerick) Philippe Ramirez (CNRS, Paris) Anne de Sales (CNRS, Paris) Surya Subedi (University of Leeds)
Mark Watson (Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh) Astrid Zotter (University of Heidelberg)
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EBHR 41 Autumn-Winter 2012
ARTICLES
The Kinship Terminology of the Sangtam Nagas 9 Pascal Bouchery and Lemlila Sangtam
Vote For Prashant Tamang: Representations of an Indian Idol in 30 the Nepali print media and the retreat of multiculturalism
Harsha Man Maharjan
‘Objectionable Contents’: The policing of the Nepali 58 print media during the 1950s
Lokranjan Parajuli
Maoist gates in Jumla and Mugu districts: Illustrations of the 84
‘People’s War’
Satya Shrestha-Schipper
‘This is How we Joke’. Towards an appreciation of alternative 100 values in performances of gender irony among the Gaddi of Himachal
Anja Wagner CONFERENCE REPORT
Report on the Annual Kathmandu Conference on Nepal 122 and the Himalaya 2012
Khem R. Shreesh BOOK REVIEWS
Geoffrey Samuel: Introducing Tibetan Buddhism 126 Georgios T. Halkias
Saul Mullard: Opening the Hidden Land: State Formation and 129 the Construction of Sikkimese History
Luke Wagner
Arjun Guneratne: The Tarai: History, Society, Environment 133 Hilary Faxon
Pascale Dollfus: Les Bergers du Fort Noir. Nomades du Ladakh 136 (Himalaya occidental)
Françoise Pommaret
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Stéphane Gros: La Part manquante. Echanges et pouvoirs chez les 140 Drung du Yunnan (Chine)
Françoise Pommaret
Susan Hangen: The Rise of Ethnic Politics in Nepal: Democracy in 143 the Margins
Amanda Snellinger
