About the Author

Arjun Guneratne is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Macalaster College.

Reviews

"This book contains considerable background on the operation of caste and ethnic identity in Nepal and in India which is easily accessible to the informed layperson."-R. F. Rosner, Asian Affairs, November 2003 "The reshaping of identity is a process at work among most of the numerous minority groups of the so-called 'multi ethnic' Nepal. Arjun Guneratne's book, the first of its kind concerning Nepal, is a most welcome contribution on a topic which has been in the foreground since the 1990s return of multipartism... It is without doubt a very well documented and stimulating contribution to the ongoing debate on the politics of ethnicity in Nepal."-Gisele Krauskopff, Bulletin of SOAS "Many Tongues, One People is without question the most detailed and careful study of the politics of identity in Nepal and greater South Asia I have encountered. By focusing on the material conditions and social processes behind the production of a Tharu identity in Nepal, Arjun Guneratne is able to address critically the key theoretical positions on ethnicity in a highly informative way."-David Holmberg, Cornell University "Many Tongues, One People is the first full-dress anthropological treatment of a group in the Tarai, home of roughly half the population of Nepal. Arjun Guneratne makes a compelling argument for rethinking the role of shared symbols and meanings as the basis for a sense of ethnic identity."-James Fisher, Carleton College