Search Results - "Kathmandu"

The Saint of Kathmandu and other tales of the sacred in distant lands / by LeVine, Sarah, 1940-

Table of Contents: “…Bori : spirit possession in a Muslim town -- Las tres Marías : the cult of the Virgin in Mexico -- Oborogi : witchcraft in a Kenyan village -- The Saint of Kathmandu : treading where the Buddha trod -- El shaddai : charismatic Christianity in Hong Kong -- Just sitting : Zen in America.…”
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Mediating the global expatria's forms and consequences in Kathmandu / by Hindman, Heather

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : expatria in Nepal -- Conjunctures of mediations : the historical logics of expatriate Nepal -- Families that fail : the mechanisms and labor of productivity -- Market basket economics : the practice of paperwork and shopping like an expatriate -- The protean expatriate : flexibility and the modern worker -- Saving business from culture : cross-cultural training and multicultural performances -- Living in expatria : institutions and the mobile community -- Conclusion : Kathmandu's twenty-first-century expatria.…”
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Theorizing the local music, practice, and experience in South Asia and beyond /

Table of Contents: “…Booth ; The princess of the musicians : R�ani Bha�tiy�a�ni and the m�anga�ni�ars of Western Rajasthan / Shubha Chaudhuri ; Music in urban space : Newar Buddhist processional music in the Kathmandu Valley / Gert-Matthias Wegner -- Learning and transmission. …”
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