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...
Autor principal: | Adams, Vincanne, 1959- |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
1996.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Temas: | |
Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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