Sacrifice, violence, resistance: comments on Lecomte-Tilouine’s handling of a polyvalent practice and symbol
Description of the bookIn this rich and thought-provoking book, Marie Lecomte-Tilouine provides a detailed survey of sacrifice and violence in Nepal that brings together the results of many years of reflection, writing and extensive fieldwork in western Nepal, accompanied by beautiful photos. Lecom...
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European Bulletin of Himalayan Research
2024
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| Online dostop: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Izvleček: | Description of the bookIn this rich and thought-provoking book, Marie Lecomte-Tilouine provides a detailed survey of sacrifice and violence in Nepal that brings together the results of many years of reflection, writing and extensive fieldwork in western Nepal, accompanied by beautiful photos. Lecomte-Tilouine particularly emphasises the violence of sacrifice, a violence that sacrificial texts tend to obscure or deny, and that anthropological theories have often ignored. But, as the author sh... |
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