Sara Shneiderman is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology and the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs/Institute of Asian Research at the University of British Columbia.

List of Abbreviations
Preface
Chapter 1. Of Rocks and Rivers—Being Both at Once
Chapter 2. Framing, Practicing, and Performing Ethnicity
Chapter 3. Origin Myths and Myths of Originality
Chapter 4. Circular Migration, Circular Economies of Belonging and Citizenship
Chapter 5. Developing Associations of Ethnicity and Class
Chapter 6. Transcendent Territory, Portable Deities, and the Problem of Indigeneity
Chapter 7. The Work of Life-Cycle Rituals and the Power of Parallel Descent
Chapter 8. Resisting the End of a Ritual
Epilogue: Thami ke ho?—What Is Thami?
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments

Sara Shneiderman is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology and the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs/Institute of Asian Research at the University of British Columbia.