Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of map and figures
- Note on transliteration
- Acknowledgements
- Map
- Introduction
- 1 A violence that is not violence
- 2 Theories of sacrifice, with or without violence
- 3 Sacrificial violence in narrative forms
- 4 Sacrificial practices and partitions
- 5 The buffalo sacrifice
- 6 Contestations of sacrifice: boycott and litigation
- 7 Self-sacrifice versus sacrifice in the revolutionary struggle
- Conclusion
- References
- Index
Acknowledgements
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 November 2024
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of map and figures
- Note on transliteration
- Acknowledgements
- Map
- Introduction
- 1 A violence that is not violence
- 2 Theories of sacrifice, with or without violence
- 3 Sacrificial violence in narrative forms
- 4 Sacrificial practices and partitions
- 5 The buffalo sacrifice
- 6 Contestations of sacrifice: boycott and litigation
- 7 Self-sacrifice versus sacrifice in the revolutionary struggle
- Conclusion
- References
- Index
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- Sacrifice and ViolenceReflections from an Ethnography in Nepal, pp. xiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025