Unbecoming Citizens Culture Nationhood And The Flight Of Refugees From Bhutan Michael Hutt by Michael Hutt 9780195670608, 0195670604 instant download after payment.

This book recounts the plight of about a hundred thousand refugees of Nepali ethnic origin who claim to have been wrongfully evicted from Bhutan. They arrived in Nepal during the early 1990s and since then not a single one of them has returned. The author explains who these people are and analyses the Bhutanese government's new policies on citizenship, language, and dress that ultimately led to the flight of many erstwhile citizens. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of South Asian and Himalayan politics, anthropology, cultural studies, and refugee studies.
- Michael Hutt is Professor in Nepali and Himalayan Studies and Dean in the Faculty of Languages and Cultures, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
"[This] is a rich, carefully researched and important book. It provides a rare case study of the dynamics of nationalism in the Himalayas." --Journal of Refugee Studies
"The most memorable parts of the book are the narratives, the stories the refugees try to tell, the memories they try to evoke." --Frontline
"It is for the historical construction of the migration of Nepalis into South Bhutan and the recording of their history from their settlement to expulsion that the book is valuable." --Himal South Asia
"In this absorbing book, Michael Hutt provides a cogent analysis of the problems and challenges of nation-building..." --Hindu