Outputs (61)

Heritage, continuity, and nostalgia (2015)
Digital Artefact
Hutt, M. (2015). Heritage, continuity, and nostalgia. [Cultural Anthropology - Hot Spots [website]]

Writers, Readers, and the Sharing of Consciousness: Five Nepali Novels (2014)
Journal Article
Hutt, M. (2014). Writers, Readers, and the Sharing of Consciousness: Five Nepali Novels. Himalaya (Portland, Or.), 34(2), 18-30

In his seminal book Literature, Popular Culture and Society, Leo Lowenthal argues that studies of the representation of society, state, or economy in the literature of a particular country or time contribute to our knowledge of ‘the kind of perceptio... Read More about Writers, Readers, and the Sharing of Consciousness: Five Nepali Novels.

Nepal's Internal Conversation (2014)
Other
Hutt, M. (2014). Nepal's Internal Conversation

Interview with Michael Hutt about his career as a scholar and translator of Nepali literature

Nepal's Internal Conversation [Interview] (2014)
Other
Hutt, M. (2014). Nepal's Internal Conversation [Interview]

The Last Himalayan Monarchies (2014)
Book Chapter
Hutt, M. (2014). The Last Himalayan Monarchies. In G. Toffin, & J. Pfaff-Czarnecka (Eds.), Facing Globalization in the Himalayas: Belonging and the politics of the self (419-443). SAGE Publications

This chapter analyses the the contrasting fortunes of the Shah monarchy of Nepal, which was abolished in 2008, and the Wangchuck monarchy of Bhutan, which appears to have secured its future by promoting a process of limited democratisation.

The disappearance and reappearance of Yogmaya: recovering a Nepali revolutionary icon (2013)
Journal Article
Hutt, M. (2013). The disappearance and reappearance of Yogmaya: recovering a Nepali revolutionary icon. Contemporary South Asia, 21(4), 382-397. https://doi.org/10.1080/09584935.2013.856380

In Nepal, it is widely believed that in 1941 Yogmaya, a female religious ascetic, and 60 of her disciples drowned themselves in the Arun River. In many of her ‘utterances’ (bani), preserved in a book that was effectively banned in Nepal for 40 years,... Read More about The disappearance and reappearance of Yogmaya: recovering a Nepali revolutionary icon.

Reading Nepali Maoist Memoirs (2012)
Journal Article
Hutt, M. (2012). Reading Nepali Maoist Memoirs. Studies in Nepali history and society, 17(1), 107-142

A study of the Maoist memoir as a new literary genre in Nepali, focusing on five examples published since 2009.

Singing the New Nepal (2012)
Journal Article
Hutt, M. (2012). Singing the New Nepal. Nations and Nationalism, 18(2), 306-325. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8129.2011.00512.x

Nepal’s adoption of a new national anthem in 2007 reflected a decision to establish a new social and political order that was republican, federal and inclusive of the country’s many minority communities. It came after the ending of a ten-year intern... Read More about Singing the New Nepal.

Eloquent Hills: Essays on Nepali Literature (2012)
Book
Hutt, M. (2012). Eloquent Hills: Essays on Nepali Literature. Martin Chautari

A collection of nine essays on modern Nepali literature, eight of which were published between 1989 and 2007, with an introduction and index. Four essays investigate the treatment of particular themes (the portrayal of Gurkha soldiers, demands for... Read More about Eloquent Hills: Essays on Nepali Literature.

The Catalogue of the Hodgson Collection in the British Library (2011)
Journal Article
Hutt, M., & Whelpton, J. (2011). The Catalogue of the Hodgson Collection in the British Library. European bulletin of Himalayan research, 39, 128-143

A report on the completion of the online catalogue of the Hodgson collection in the British Library, including a biography of Brian Houghton Hodgson (1901-94).