Tibetan diary : from birth to death and beyond in a Himalayan valley of Nepal /

In this rich and deeply personal account of life in the highlands of Nepal, Geoff Childs chronicles the daily existence of a range of people, from venerated lamas to humble householders. Offering insights into the complex dynamics of the ethnically Tibetan enclave of Nubri, Childs provides a vivid a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Childs, Geoff H., 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2004.
Temas:
Ethnology > China > Tibet Autonomous Region > Nubri.
Philosophy, Tibetan.
Philosophie tibétaine.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Ethnology
Manners and customs
Philosophy, Tibetan
Nubri (Nepal) > Religious life and customs.
Nubri (Nepal) > Social life and customs.
China > Tibet Autonomous Region
Nepal > Nubri
Samfundsvidenskab > Antropologi.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Raising the curtain
  • The lay of the land
  • Life begets death, death begets life : the life course begins
  • Adolescent discord : family needs versus spiritual deeds
  • Growing through travel : the pilgrimage for knowledge and prestige
  • The merits of matrimony : commencing the householder life
  • High peaks and deep valleys : the imponderable nature of everyday life
  • Anticipating the end of the life course : the anxieties of old age
  • Parting breaths : death is but a transition
  • Transcending death : rising corpses and reincarnations.

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