Voicing Subjects
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1990 revolution
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asian studies
Author_Laura Kunreuther
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civic empowerment
collective agency
cultural mediation
democracy
economic change
emotional experiences
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ethnographers
ethnography
historians
interactive technologies
interiority
intimate voice
kathmandu
maoist civil war
media studies
mediation
modern history
modern ideologies
neoliberalism
nepal
personal life
political history
political turmoil
political voice
public intimacy
public speech
south asia
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- ISBN 9780520270701
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 26 Mar 2014
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Nepal's recent history is extraordinary: within a short span of time, the country endured a relatively peaceful 1990 revolution that reestablished democracy, a Maoist civil war, and the massacre of its royal family. As these dramatic changes were taking place, Nepalese society experienced an upsurge in both political and intimate discourse, and the two became intertwined as they developed. Voicing Subjects is an ethnography that explores that phenomenon, tracing the relationship between public speech and notions of personal interiority in Kathmandu by examining the two formations of voice that emerged: a political voice, associated with civic empowerment and collective agency, and an intimate voice, associated with emotional proximity and authentic feeling. Using personal interviews and examples in the media--in particular, radio--Kunreuther's careful study reveals the figure of voice as a critical tool for gaining an in-depth understanding of emerging subjectivity, structural change, and cultural mediation.
Laura Kunreuther is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Bard College.
