ISBN:
9789047411819
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (x, 235 p., [16] p. of plates)
,
ill. (some col.), maps
,
25 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Brill's Tibetan studies library v. 13
Series Statement:
Brill eBook titles 2007
Parallel Title:
Print version Peace and Conflict in Ladakh : The Construction of a Fragile Web of Order
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Pirie, Fernanda, 1964 - Peace and conflict in Ladakh
DDC:
954/.6
Keywords:
Ladākh (India) Boundaries
;
Ladākh (India) Politics and government
;
Ladākh (India) Social life and customs
;
Ladākh (India) Politics and government
;
Ladākh (India) Social life and customs
;
Ladākh (India) Boundaries
;
Ladakh
;
Politisches System
Abstract:
Long caught between powerful neighbours, Ladakh is a border region in the vast Indian nation state. This detailed, anthropological study traces the ways order has been created by, but also despite and in defiance of, the powerful external forces of religion, war, politics and wealth
Description / Table of Contents:
LIST OF MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS; NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; MAPS; CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER TWO LADAKH; CHAPTER THREE VILLAGE ORGANISATION; CHAPTER FOUR CONFLICT IN THE VILLAGE; CHAPTER FIVE THE REALM OF THE SPIRITS; CHAPTER SIX LOSAR; CHAPTER SEVEN THE SACRED SOCIAL ORDER; CHAPTER EIGHT ETHNOGRAPHIC TIBET; CHAPTER NINE URBAN PROCESSES AND POLITICAL CHANGE; CHAPTER TEN CONCLUSION; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX;
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-225) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
DOI:
10.1163/ej.9789004155961.i-238
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