Unraveling The Crown Rituals, Politics, and the Fall of Kingship in Nepal

"Anne T. Mocko's study describes in detail how the last king of Nepal's authority over numerous ritual roles was gradually removed by secular political actors. This is equally the story of a modern democracy's turn away from centuries of divine rule to the messiness of a participatory political future. Mocko's well- written account will interest scholars of the South Asian region in a variety of disciplines as well as students of modern political transformation." -MARY CAMERON, anthropologist and author of On the Edge of the Auspicious: Gender and Caste in Nepal.