Contents

pp v-vi

List of Figures

pp vii-viii

Acknowledgements

pp ix-xii

Glossary of Nepali Terms

pp xiii-xiv

Introduction

pp 1-38

1 - Thabang: From Remote Village to Revolutionary Myth

pp 39-68

2 - The Moral Economy of War: The Making of the Base Area

pp 69-102

3 - Becoming Maoist in a Time of Insurgency

pp 103-127

4 - The Marital Economy of War: Reconfiguring Kinship Loyalties and Conjugality

pp 128-151

5 - Remaking the Tribe: ‘A Farewell to Bad Traditions’

pp 152-190

6 - Subverting the ‘Sacred Cow’: When Beef Becomes Edible

pp 191-208

7 - When All Castes Become One: Transgressing Caste Boundaries during War

pp 209-229

8 - When Gods Return to Their Homeland in the Himalayas: Maoism, Religion, and Change

pp 230-259

Conclusion

pp 260-275

Appendices

Appendix A1 - Verses and drawings by children in the Maoist Model School, 2008

pp 276-279

Appendix A2 - Maps

pp 280-281

Bibliography

pp 282-305

Index

pp 306-320