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This highly original and timely collection brings together case studies from salient areas of the Himalayan region to explore the politics of language contact. Promoting a linguistically and historically grounded perspective, The Politics of Language Contact in the Himalaya offers nuanced insights into language and its relation to power in this geopolitically complex region. Edited by respected scholars in the field, the collection comprises five new research contributions by established and early-career researchers who have been significantly engaged in the Himalayan region. Grounded in a commitment to theoretically informed area studies, and covering Tibet (China), Assam (India), and Nepal, each case study is situated within contemporary debates in sociolinguistics, political science, and language policy and planning. Bridging disciplines and transcending nation-states, the volume offers a unique contribution to the study of language contact and its political implications. The Politics of Language Contact in the Himalaya is essential reading for researchers in the fields of language policy and planning, applied linguistics, and language and literary education. The detailed introduction and concluding commentary make the collection accessible to all social scientists concerned with questions of language, and the volume as a whole will be of interest to scholars in anthropology, sociolinguistics, political science and Asian studies.

Tibeto-Burman languages. --- Himalayan languages --- Sino-Tibetan languages --- Chin languages --- Himalaya --- Himalayan region --- politics of language contact --- Tibet --- Assam --- Nepal --- sociolinguistics --- political science --- Himalaya Mountains Region --- Languages.

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Il est particulièrement difficile de réaliser une enquête qui voudrait combiner les méthodes ethnologique et statistique. Par définition, même si elles ne sont pas exclusives, l’une est qualitative et l’autre quantitative, l’une comme l’autre essaie de combler leur déficit scientifique et épistémologique, avec plus ou moins de succès. Nous ne prétendons pas ici avoir réussi un mariage harmonieux entre les deux méthodes, mais nous avons fait notre possible pour réaliser des projections chiffrées à partir de nos données de terrain et observations tout en les comparant avec les recherches qui ont été beaucoup plus statistiques. Cette étude veut en effet répondre à certaines questions précises : qui, combien, où et comment ? Nous avons établi des statistiques qui ne peuvent être totalement fiables, mais qui donneront une vision plus réaliste que celle existante. En ce qui concerne les études réalisées par des chercheurs, la réalité de l’immigration est certes abordée, mais non dans sa complexité, c’est-à-dire des formes sociales qui ont permis à cette immigration de devenir aussi importante, de l’incroyable complicité et solidarité des organismes officiels qui masquent les véritables chiffres et des conséquences socioculturelles ; nous sommes en présence d’une population nouvelle de plusieurs millions d’individus qui développent des stratégies d’adaptation que nous étudierons. Les chercheurs se consacrent plutôt aux aspects, non négligeables évidemment, sanitaires, éducatifs et d’identité. De manière générale, c’est la prostitution qui retient le plus souvent leur attention. Celle-ci est plus « porteuse » que l’arrivée et la « gestion » des centaines de milliers de travailleurs birmans embarqués chaque année sur des bateaux de pêche qui sont pourtant régulièrement jetés à la mer ou revendus. Toujours est-il que la capacité de résilience de cette communauté birmane est si forte qu’elle en devient presque un moteur économique de développement du sud de la Thaïlande.

Burmese --- Thailand, Southern --- Emigration and immigration. --- Myanma (Southeast Asian people) --- Myanmarans --- Myanmarese (Southeast Asian people) --- Ethnology --- Tibeto-Burman peoples --- Peninsular Thailand --- Phāk Tai (Thailand) --- South Thailand --- Southern Region (Thailand) --- Southern Thailand --- Thailand, Peninsular --- Thailand, South --- mobility --- borders --- fishery --- smuggling --- Thailand --- trafficking

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"The Nuosu people, who were once overlords of vast tracts of farmland and forest in the uplands of southern Sichuan and neighboring provinces, are the largest division of the Yi ethnic group in southwest China. Their creation epic plots the origins of the cosmos, the sky and earth, and the living beings of land and water. This translation is a rare example in English of indigenous ethnic literature from China. Transmitted in oral and written forms for centuries among the Nuosu, The Book of Origins is performed by bimo priests and other tradition-bearers. Poetic in form, the narrative provides insights into how a clan- and caste-based society organizes itself, dictates ethics, relates to other ethnic groups, and adapts to a harsh environment. A comprehensive introduction to the translation describes the land and people, summarizes the work's themes, and discusses the significance of The Book of Origins for the understanding of folk epics, ethnoecology, and ethnic relations"--

Folk poetry, Yi --- Yi (Chinese people) --- Mythology, Chinese --- Creation --- S11/1215 --- S15/0750 --- S16/0195 --- Biblical cosmogony --- Cosmogony --- Natural theology --- Teleology --- Beginning --- Biblical cosmology --- Creation windows --- Creationism --- Evolution --- Chinese mythology --- Lolo (Chinese people) --- Lolos --- Ethnology --- Tibeto-Burman peoples --- Yi folk poetry --- Yi poetry --- Mythology --- China: Social sciences--Works on national minorities and special groups: since 1949 --- China: Language--Dialects: general and others --- China: Literature and theatrical art--Thematic studies --- Mythology, Chinese. --- Folk poetry, Yi. --- RELIGION / Comparative Religion --- BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Spirituality / Paganism & Neo-Paganism --- Mythology. --- Southwest China. --- Southwest China --- Anthologies: general

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The communist Chinese state promotes the distinctiveness of the many minorities within its borders. At the same time, it is vigilant in suppressing groups that threaten the nation's unity or its modernizing goals. In Communist Multiculturalism, Susan K. McCarthy examines three minority groups in the province of Yunnan, focusing on the ways in which they have adapted to the government's nationbuilding and minority nationalities policies since the 1980s. She reveals that Chinese government policy is shaped by perceptions of what constitutes an authentic cultural group and of the threat ethnic minorities may constitute to national interests. These minority groups fit no clear categories but rather are practicing both their Chinese citizenship and the revival of their distinct cultural identities. For these groups, being minority is, or can be, one way of being national.Minorities in the Chinese state face a paradox: modern, cosmopolitan, sophisticated people -- good Chinese citizens, in other words -- do not engage in unmodern behaviors. Minorities, however, are expected to engage in them.

Tai (Southeast Asian people) --- Bai (Chinese people) --- Hui (Chinese people) --- Thaï (Peuple d'Asie du Sud-Est) --- Bai (Peuple de Chine) --- Hui (Peuple de Chine) --- Yunnan Sheng (China) --- Yunnan (Chine : Sheng) --- Ethnic relations --- Relations interethniques --- S06/0240 --- S11/1215 --- China: Politics and government--Policy towards minorities and autonomous regions --- China: Social sciences--Works on national minorities and special groups: since 1949 --- Thaï (Peuple d'Asie du Sud-Est) --- Dai (Southeast Asian people) --- Tai race --- Tayok (Southeast Asian people) --- Thai Che (Southeast Asian people) --- Thai Khe (Southeast Asian people) --- Ethnology --- San Chay (Asian people) --- Hui-hui (Chinese people) --- Hwei (Chinese people) --- Chinese --- Muslims --- Labbu (Chinese people) --- Leme (Chinese people) --- Min-chia --- Min-kia-tze (Chinese people) --- Minjia (Chinese people) --- Minkia (Chinese people) --- Nama (Chinese people) --- Pai (Chinese people) --- Pe-tso (Chinese people) --- Tibeto-Burman peoples --- Yünnan, China (Province) --- Yün-nan sheng (China) --- Yunnan Province (China) --- Yün-nan (China : Province) --- Unnan-shō (China) --- Unnanshō (China) --- Yün-nan sheng jen min cheng fu (China) --- Yün-nan sheng cheng fu (China) --- Yun Nan Province (China) --- 云南省 (China) --- Ethnic relations. --- Social & cultural anthropology

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This book celebrates in words and images the traditional metal crafts practised for over a thousand years by the creators of religious Buddhist statues in Nepal. The skills of these artisans are nurtured with deep respect for tradition, regarding religion, iconography and technology. Wax modellers, mould makers, casters, fire-gilders and chasers are among the specialists of the Newar ethnic group, whose work is characterised to this day by a melding of age-old technology, great skill, religious observance and contemplation. There are numerous books and exhibition catalogues dedicated to Buddhist art and iconography but little was available about the craft of the artists who turn the religious imagery into metal casts. This book fills this gap, with a thoroughly documented and historical account of the development of this “archaic” technology. The well-informed text and comprehensive photographic coverage constitute the only up-to-date account and full documentation of an art that is 1300 years old but dying out: the “ritual” production of Buddhist statues in the lost wax casting technique. The author, Dr. Alex Furger, is an archaeologist who has studied ancient metallurgy and metalworking techniques over the past four decades. He spent twenty-five years at the head of the Roman site of Augusta Raurica and lives in Basel (Switzerland). He is the author of over 130 articles in scientific journals and twelve books in the field of culture history. The fieldwork for this book led him repeatedly to Nepal, where he met and interviewed dozens of craftsmen in their workshops. This book is addressed to readers interested in culture history, travellers to Asia, collectors of statues of Buddha, (avocational) metalworkers, historians of technology, Buddhists, ethnologists, archaeologists, art historians, scholars of Asia and to libraries and museums.

statues --- gilded --- metal --- Newar --- iconography --- wax --- religion --- Buddha --- archaeology --- fire-gilders --- metal casters --- Nepal --- artisans --- mould --- Art metal-work --- Buddhist art --- Decorative arts --- Newar (Nepalese people) --- Art metal-work. --- Buddhist art. --- Decorative arts. --- Nepal. --- Newari (Nepalese people) --- Newars --- Ethnology --- Tibeto-Burman peoples --- Applied arts --- Art industries and trade --- Art --- Handicraft --- Art, Buddhist --- Art, Lamaist --- Buddhism and art --- Art metal-work, Primitive --- Decorative metal-work --- Metal-work, Art --- Metal-work --- Architectural metal-work --- Cộng hòa dân chủ liên bang Nepal --- Demokratische Bundesrepublik Nepal --- Federacia Demokratia Respubliko Nepalo --- Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal --- Federale Democratische Republiek Nepal --- Federativnai͡a Demokraticheskai͡a Respublika Nepal --- Federatyvna Demokratychna Respublika Nepal --- Kingdom of Nepal --- Kongeriget Nepal --- Nepā --- Nepal Adhirajya --- Nepāla --- Nepālas Federālā Demokrātiskā Republika --- Nepalgo Errepublika Demokratiko Federala --- Nepali Demokraatlik Liitvabariik --- Nepalia --- Nepalin demokraattinen liittotasavalta --- Nepalo --- Nepāru --- Ni-po-erh --- Nibo'er --- Nīpāl --- República Federal Democrática de Nepal --- República Federal Democràtica del Nepal --- République démocratique fédérale du Népal --- Respublika Nepal --- Sambandslýðveldið Nepal --- Sanghiya Loktāntrik Ganatantra Nepāl --- Savezna Demokratska Republika Nepal