Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Abbreviations ix
4. Preface xi
5. Chapter 1. Of Rocks and Rivers—Being Both at Once 1
6. Chapter 2. Framing, Practicing, and Performing Ethnicity 32
7. Chapter 3. Origin Myths and Myths of Originality 61
8. Chapter 4. Circular Economies of Migration, Belonging, and Citizenship 98
9. Chapter 5. Developing Associations of Ethnicity and Class 128
10. Chapter 6. Transcendent Territory, Portable Deities, and the Problem of Indigeneity 169
11. Chapter 7. The Work of Life-Cycle Rituals and the Power of Parallel Descent 196
12. Chapter 8. Resisting the End of a Ritual 235
13. Epilogue. Thami ke ho?—What Is Thami? 252
14. Glossary 257
15. Notes 263
16. Bibliography 277
17. Index 293
18. Acknowledgments 301