Contents

pp v-vi

List of Figures

pp vii-viii

Introduction - Political Change and Public Culture in Post-1990 Nepal

pp 1-12

Part I - Rumour

pp 13-14

1 - The Royal Palace Massacre, Rumours and the Print Media in Nepal

pp 15-38

2 - The Royal Palace Massacre, Conspiracy Theories and Nepali Street Literature

pp 39-55

3 - Country of Rumours: Making Sense of a Bollywood Controversy

pp 56-74

Part II - Ethnicity and Identity

pp 75-76

4 - ‘Numafung’: Images of Limbu Culture in Ethnic Cinema

pp 77-98

5 - Janajati Magazines and the Contents of the Subaltern Counterpublic Sphere during the 1990s

pp 99-123

6 - Vote for Prashant Tamang: Representations of an Indian Idol in the Nepali Print Media and the Retreat of Multiculturalism

pp 124-144

Part III - Activist Cultures

pp 145-146

7 - Mobilizing Meanings: Local Cultural Activism and Nepal's Public Culture

pp 147-169

8 - Protests, Space and Creativity: Theatre as a Site for the Affective Construction of Democracy in Nepal

pp 170-194

Part IV - Gender and Resistance

pp 195-196

9 - Heroic Tales: Memoirs by Maoist Women

pp 197-222

10 - Motherhood Containers: Cantonments and the Media Framing of Female Ex-combatants in Nepal's Transition

pp 223-250

Part V - Heritage

pp 251-252

11 - Publics of Heritage and Domestic Archives among Urban Nepalis of the Valley

pp 253-272

Contributors

pp 273-276

Index

pp 277-290