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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Adams, Vincanne, 1959-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1996.
Series:Anthropology online.
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