Spatial organization of a caste society: the example of the Newar in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
Spatial organization of a caste society: the example of the Newar in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
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种姓社会的空间组织：尼泊尔加德满都谷地尼瓦尔人的例子
DOI：
10.2307/3673403
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发表时间：
1988
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
U. Müller
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作者：
U. Müller
即使在今天，在尼泊尔这个多民族国家，加德满都山谷的纽瓦尔人形成了一个具有他们自己的文化和种姓制度的微观社会，这被其他尼泊尔人视为极端正统的。在相对较小的纽瓦尔人群体中，存在着30多个种姓。
种姓的分类与在人口中执行的各种职能的仪式和经济分配有关，并在空间上表现为各种种姓向隔离的趋势。此外，种姓结构之间存在着明确的差异，因此，定居点中的功能划分也有一定的差异。由于一个定居点往往只有少量种姓，Newar村很少被视为一个自治单位。仪式和经济关系必须建立在定居点之外。
这里概述了纽瓦尔种姓制度、各个种姓以及它们之间相互作用的类型。为了帮助理解纽瓦尔农村聚居地的功能结构，本文提供了纽瓦尔种姓制度的图解。
Even today, within the multinational state of Nepal, the Newar of the Kathmandu Valley form a microcosmic society with their own culture and a caste system which is regarded by other Nepali as being extremely orthodox. More than 30 castes exist within the relatively small group of Newar.
The classification of castes correlates with a ritual and economic allocation of the various functions to be carried out within the population, and is manifested spatially in the tendency of the various castes toward segregation. Moreover, there are definite differences between caste structure and, therefore, functional divisions in the settlements. As there are often only a small number of castes in one settlement, the Newar village can very rarely be regarded as an autonomous unit. Ritual and economic relationship have to be built up beyond the confines of the settlement.
The Newar caste system, the individual castes, and the types of interaction between them are outlined here. As an aid to understanding the functional structure of rural Newar settlements a cartographic presentation of the Newar caste system is given.