Simultaneous identities: ethnicity and nationalism in mother tongue education in Nepal

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Simultaneous identities: ethnicity and nationalism in mother tongue education in Nepal

Pradhan, Uma; (2019) Simultaneous identities: ethnicity and nationalism in mother tongue education in Nepal. Nations and Nationalism , 25 (2) pp. 718-738. 10.1111/nana.12463. Green open access

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Abstract

The scholarly works on ethnicity and nationalism have been highly dominated by binary frameworks. In addition, the normative preference for civic consciousness and the concerns of national disintegration often separate the notions of ethnicity and nationalism. This article suggests that the notions of ethnicity and nationalism cannot be understood exclusively as a choice between maintaining the integrity of the nation and completely rejecting it. Drawing on fieldwork in mother tongue schools in Nepal, the article draws attention to the ways in which school actors discursively positioned ethnic identity as imperative to national identity, the one that bolsters the notion of Nepali nationhood. By paying close attention to the everyday context within which discourses of nationalism are situated, this article argues for an analytical necessity to approach ethnicity and nationalism in relation to each other to appreciate the process of symbolic negotiations in public spaces.

Type:	Article
Title:	Simultaneous identities: ethnicity and nationalism in mother tongue education in Nepal
Open access status:	An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI:	10.1111/nana.12463
Publisher version:	https://doi.org/10.1111/nana.12463
Language:	English
Additional information:	This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords:	ethnicity, mother tongue education, nationalism, Nepal
UCL classification:	UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Education, Practice and Society UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL
URI:	https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10155663