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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

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505 0 |a Introduction: Lament for Pasang -- Ch. 1. Sherpas in Mirrors -- Ch. 2. Making Modern Sherpas -- Ch. 3. Buddhist Sherpas as Others -- Ch. 4. The Intimacy of Shamanic Sherpas -- Ch. 5. Seduction and Simulative Power in the Himalayas: Staying Sherpa -- Conclusion: Virtual Sherpas in Circulation -- Appendix A Khentse Rinpoche Lecture, Tengboche, 1987 -- Appendix B Exerpts from "The Stages of Repelling Demons Based on the Heart Sutra, the Summary of the Vast, Intermediate, and Condensed Mothers" -- Appendix C Musings on Textuality and Truth -- Appendix D Production/Seduction. 
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