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Traces the relation between public speech and notions of personal interiority in Kathmandu. This book explores two seemingly distinct formations of voice that have emerged in the midst of the country's recent political and economic upheavals.

Table of Contents
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Author's Note on Transliteration and Pseudonyms Introduction: Public Intimacy and Voicing Subjects in Kathmandu 1. Intimate Callings and Voices of Reform: Law, Property, and Familial Love 2. Seeing Face and Hearing Voice: Tactile Vision and Signs of Presence 3. Making Waves: The Social and Political Context of FM Radio 4. Mero Katha, Mero Git: Affective Publics, Public Intimacy, and Voiced Writing 5. Diasporic Voices: Sounds of the Diaspora in Kathmandu Epilogue: Royal Victims, Voicing Subjects Notes References Index

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 26/03/2014
      ISBN13: 9780520270701, 978-0520270701
      ISBN10: 0520270703
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Traces the relation between public speech and notions of personal interiority in Kathmandu. This book explores two seemingly distinct formations of voice that have emerged in the midst of the country's recent political and economic upheavals.

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Author's Note on Transliteration and Pseudonyms Introduction: Public Intimacy and Voicing Subjects in Kathmandu 1. Intimate Callings and Voices of Reform: Law, Property, and Familial Love 2. Seeing Face and Hearing Voice: Tactile Vision and Signs of Presence 3. Making Waves: The Social and Political Context of FM Radio 4. Mero Katha, Mero Git: Affective Publics, Public Intimacy, and Voiced Writing 5. Diasporic Voices: Sounds of the Diaspora in Kathmandu Epilogue: Royal Victims, Voicing Subjects Notes References Index

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