Identity papers, lamas’ books, and the magical essays of Lenin
Literacies of desire and exclusion in Nepal
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11417090 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Calla Jacobson (Santa Barbara Business College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 208-231 |
| Publication date | 2012-05-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Arts (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0256-0046 • E-ISSN: 1992-6049 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02560046.2012.684440 |
| OpenAlex | W2014661249 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 28 |
Attempting to harness the powers of literacy to improve his standing and opportunities in rapidly developing Nepal, Dil Bahadur Tamang, an ambitious uneducated man of the hill village of Charigaon, instead encounters a most unexpected book of power and magic. This article tells the story of his encounter and of my own attempts to understand it. What is it about a book of essays by Lenin that makes it magic? Village resources for interpreting the significance of written materials include secular, Nepali-language schooling with its contexts of development, bureaucracy and state power; Tibetan Buddhist textuality with its ritual and lamaic authority; and the seemingly effortless literacy of foreigners – as well as a variety of less obviously related domains such as street magic, love curses and possession. In the end, however, the major power that literacy carries into Dil Bahadur's life is its power to exclude him
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Identity (music · Media studies · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Media, Communication, and Education · Political theory and Gramsci
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Invitations to Love
Literacy in Theory and Practice
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Magical Writing in Salasaca
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Tourism and Sherpas, Nepal
Perceptions of European Literacy in Early Contact Situations
Origin of Tibetan Writing
Mythic Images, Historical Thought, and Printed Texts
Christianity, Cargo and Ideas of Self
The Sherpas Transformed
Weaving, Writing and Gender
The Interpretation of Symbolism
Modernity, Prestige, and Self-Promotion
The Consequences of Literacy in Pragmatic and Theoretical Perspectives
Ritualization of Literacy
Hybrid Literacies
How an Andean "Writing Without Words" Works
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| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2023 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |