Description
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.
This book explores domains of the Nepali public sphere in which ideas about democracy and citizenship have been debated and contested since 1990.
About the Author
Michael Hutt is currently the Director of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) South Asia Institute, University of London and was appointed as the chair of the British Academy's South Asia area panel in 2014. He has been engaged in teaching and research relating to Nepal and the Himalaya at SOAS since 1987, and has authored and edited fourteen books and over forty articles and book chapters on Nepali literature, Nepali politics, the Nepali diaspora in India, Nepali art and architecture, and the Bhutanese refugee issue. In 2011 he was awarded the Nai-Derukha International Prize 'for his continuous dedication to promoting the study of Nepali literature in the international arena'. Pratyoush Onta is a Research Director at Martin Chautari, Nepal where he has worked since 1995. He has written, co-written, edited and co-edited several books including Social History of Radio Nepal (2004, in Nepali), Growing up with Radio (2005, in Nepali), Mass Media in Post-1990 Nepal (2006), Ten Years of Independent Radio: Development, Debates and the Public Interest (2008, in Nepali), 25 Years of Nepali Magazines (2013, in Nepali) and The State of History Education and Research in Nepal (2014). He is also the founding editor of the journals Studies in Nepali History and Society and Media Adhyayan.
Book Information
ISBN 9781107172234
Author Michael Hutt
Format Hardback
Page Count 296
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 540g
Dimensions(mm) 237mm * 160mm * 24mm
This book explores domains of the Nepali public sphere in which ideas about democracy and citizenship have been debated and contested since 1990.
About the Author
Michael Hutt is currently the Director of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) South Asia Institute, University of London and was appointed as the chair of the British Academy's South Asia area panel in 2014. He has been engaged in teaching and research relating to Nepal and the Himalaya at SOAS since 1987, and has authored and edited fourteen books and over forty articles and book chapters on Nepali literature, Nepali politics, the Nepali diaspora in India, Nepali art and architecture, and the Bhutanese refugee issue. In 2011 he was awarded the Nai-Derukha International Prize 'for his continuous dedication to promoting the study of Nepali literature in the international arena'. Pratyoush Onta is a Research Director at Martin Chautari, Nepal where he has worked since 1995. He has written, co-written, edited and co-edited several books including Social History of Radio Nepal (2004, in Nepali), Growing up with Radio (2005, in Nepali), Mass Media in Post-1990 Nepal (2006), Ten Years of Independent Radio: Development, Debates and the Public Interest (2008, in Nepali), 25 Years of Nepali Magazines (2013, in Nepali) and The State of History Education and Research in Nepal (2014). He is also the founding editor of the journals Studies in Nepali History and Society and Media Adhyayan.
Book Information
ISBN 9781107172234
Author Michael Hutt
Format Hardback
Page Count 296
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 540g
Dimensions(mm) 237mm * 160mm * 24mm
