War, Maoism and Everyday Revolution in Nepal

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 Maoist People's War and the Revolution of Everyday Life in Nepal
 Series
 Title
 Copyright
 Contents
 Figures
 Acknowledgements
 Glossary of Nepali Terms
 Introduction
 Ethnography of Social Change and Norm-Remaking during the War
 A History of Unfinished Revolutions in Nepal
 'Rules That Apply in Times of Crisis'
 The Everyday as a Battleground in Revolutions
 Changing Habitus in Times of War: Generation and Conflict
 Embodied Change in Times of War
 Book Outline
 1. Thabang: From Remote Village to Revolutionary Myth
 Village Matters
 On Kham Magars and Remoteness Changing Narratives: Oral Histories in Longitudinal FieldworkFieldwork with the Kham Magars
 Happenstance and Waiting as Method
 On Being an 'Honorary Man'
 Grasping the World of the Other
 Conclusion
 2. The Moral Economy of War: The Making of the Base Area
 The Myth of the 'Village of Resistance'
 The Value of Unity and Consensus in Local Politics
 Conflicts of the Past: Peasant Rebellions or Elite Power Struggles?
 Violence and the Start of the War: Repressive State in the Hands of the Locals?
 'Reluctant Rebels': Hiding from the State or Siding with the Maoists? Jungle, Safety, and Home: Liminality at WarMoving to the Jungle
 Jungle as a Rebel Space
 Running a Parallel State
 Unionizing the Village, Taxing the Villagers
 Organizing the Rearguard
 Conclusion
 3. Becoming Maoist in a Time of Insurgency
 Initiation into the Maoist World
 Being Underground as a Total Experience: Maoist Whole-Timers as 'Revolutionary Ascetics'?
 Learning and Literacy Practices in the Maoist Movement
 The Romance of the Maoist Movement: Cultural Groups
 Conclusion
 4. The Marital Economy of War: Reconfiguring Kinship Loyalties and Conjugality On the Hegemony of Love Marriage in the Maoist Base Area Post-WarMaoist Policies on Marriage and Sexuality
 Banning Traditional Spaces of Courtship
 Maoist Movement as a Space for 'Revolutionary Marriages'
 The Story of Anita and Himal: When the Personal and the Political Go Together
 The Story of Karuna: When the Personal Wins over the Political
 Conclusion
 5. Remaking the Tribe: 'A Farewell to Bad Traditions'
 When a Tribe Is No Longer a 'Tribe'
 'Earlier All Were Equal': The Rise of Inequalities
 Changing Ethos of Life: Eating from Sitting versus Eating from Doing the Work The Maoist War against 'Primitive' Culture, Livestock, and HerdersHerders against Maoists: Generational Conflict at Work
 Pig-Raising as a Metaphor for the Ills of Animal Husbandry
 Herding as a Sign of the 'Ignorant' Age
 'Alcohol-Drinking' No More: Liquor, Ideology, and Tribal Identity
 Maoists Brewing a New 'Tribal' Identity
 The Rise of Teetotalism: Maoists, Christians, and Youth
 Maoist Youth against Elder Women: Clashing over the Right to Brew Liquor
 Conclusion
 6. Subverting the 'Sacred Cow': When Beef Becomes Edible
 The Sacred Cow as a 'Political Animal'