Political Change and Public Culture in Post-1990 Nepal

List of figures; Introduction: political change and public culture in post-1990 Nepal Michael J. Hutt and Pratyoush Onta; Part I. Rumour: 1. The Royal Palace Massacre, rumours and print media in Nepal Marie Lecomte-Tilouine; 2. The Royal Palace Massacre, conspiracy theories and Nepali street literature Michael J. Hutt; 3. Country of rumours: making sense of a Bollywood controversy Mallika Shakya; Part II. Ethnicity and Identity: 4. 'Numafung': images of Limbu culture in ethnic cinema Martin Gaenszle; 5. Janajati magazines and the contents of the subaltern counterpublic sphere during the 1990s Pratyoush Onta and Devraj Humagain; 6. Vote for Prashant Tamang: representations of an Indian idol in the Nepali print media and the retreat of multiculturalism Harsha Man Maharjan; Part III. Activist Cultures: 7. Mobilizing meanings: local cultural activism and Nepal's public culture Ingemar Grandin; 8. Protests, space and creativity: theatre as a site for the affective construction of democracy in Nepal Monica Mottin; Part IV. Gender and Resistance: 9. Heroic tales: memoirs by Maoist women Kailash Rai; 10. Motherhood containers: cantonments and media framing of female ex-combatants in Nepal's transition Seira Tamang; Part V. Heritage: 11. Publics of heritage and domestic archives among urban Nepalis of the Valley Laura Kunreuther; Contributors; Index.