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Tigers of the snow and other virtual Sherpas : an ethnography of Himalayan encounters /

Sherpas are portrayed by Westerners as heroic mountain guides, or "tigers of the snow," as Buddhist adepts, and as a people in touch with intimate ways of life that seem no longer available in the Western world. In this book, Vincanne Adams explores how attempts to characterize an "au...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Adams, Vincanne, 1959-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1996.
Colección:Anthropology online.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo