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Volume 19, Number 2 (1999) Himalayan Research Bulletin; Special Topic: The Tharu

Research Articles

The Shaman and the Priest: Ghosts, Death and Ritual Specialists in Tharu Society
Arjun Guneratne

A Marshland Culture: Fishing and Trapping among a Farming People of the Tarai
Gisele Krauskopff

Conservation and the Impact of Relocation on the Tharus of Chitwan, Nepal
Joanne McLean

The Voices from Chitwan: Some Examples of the Tharus' Oral Tradition
Ulrike Müller-Böker

Other

Inside Front Cover

Table of Contents

Editor's Introduction
Barbara Brower

Up for Vote: NSA Constitution Amendment

The Tharu: Editorial
Arjun Guneratne

Books Received and Web Resources

Dear Fellow South Asianists: a letter about Project South Asia
Karl J. Schmidt

EBHR 17 is out now

Conference Digest and Abstracts

Memorial: Ustad Allahrakha Khan, 1919-2000
Stephen Lefebure

Memorial: Sigrun Eide Odegaard 1967-1999
Ganesh Man Gurung

Editorial Policy and Guide for Contributors

Photograph: Casting the Jal Net Close by a Dam

Book Reviews

Book review of 'In the Circle of the Dance' by Katharine Bjork Guneratne
James Fisher

Book review of 'The Tharu Barka Naach: A Ritual Folk Art Version of the Mahabharata' by Kurt Meyer and Pamela Deuel (eds.),
James Laine

Book review of 'Autonomy: Life Cycle, Gender and Status among Himalayan Pastorialists' by Aparna Rao
Sylvia Vatuk

Recent Publications

Special Topic

The Tharu