What is not in a name? Toponymic ambivalence, identity, and symbolic resistance in the Nepali flatlands
This paper seeks to understand how elites utilize toponyms to either underscore territorial claims and belonging to a nation or to undermine those claims. Analyzing the names of the Nepali flatlands, Tarai and Madhes with a focus on the latter, it shows how ambivalent meanings attached to the topony...
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| Dans: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/echogeo, |
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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EchoGéo
2024
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| Accès en ligne: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |