ISBN:
9783110806496
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9783110649680
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (567 p.) :
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4 maps. 14 plates.
Edition:
Reprint 2011
Series Statement:
World Anthropology : An Interdisciplinary Series
Titel der Quelle:
Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
Titel der Quelle:
DGBA Classics and Near East Studies 〈1990
Publ. der Quelle:
De Gruyter
Publ. der Quelle:
De Gruyter
DDC:
301.29/54
Keywords:
Ethnology Congresses.
;
HISTORY / Ancient / General.
Note:
I-IV --
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General Editor's Preface --
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Foreword --
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Introduction --
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SECTION ONE General Issues --
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Fourfold Classifications of Society in the Himalayas --
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Kinship and Culture in the Himalayan Region --
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Cultural Implications of Tibetan History --
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Homo hierarchicus Nepalensis: A Cultural Subspecies --
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Hierarchy or Stratification? Two Case Studies from Nepal and East Africa --
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Himalayan Research: What, Whither, and Whether --
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SECTION TWO The South Asian Perspective --
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Actual and Ideal Himalayas: Hindu Views of the Mountains --
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Stratification and Religion in a Himalayan Society --
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Changing Patterns of Multiethnic Interaction in the Western Himalayas --
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An Additional Perspective on the Nepali Caste System --
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Maiti-Ghar: The Dual Role of High Caste Women in Nepal --
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Dhikurs: Rotating Credit Associations in Nepal --
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The Role of the Priest in Sunuwar Society --
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A New Rural Elite in Central Nepal --
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Nepalis in Tibet --
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Modernizing a Traditional Administrative System: Sikkim 1890-1973 --
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Bureaucracy and Bureaucrats: A Few Themes Drawn from the Nepal Experience --
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SECTION THREE The Central Asian Perspective --
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The Retention of Pastoralism among the Kirghiz of the Afghan Pamirs --
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Correlation of Contradictions: A Tibetan Semantic Device --
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The White-Black Ones: The Sherpa View of Human Nature --
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Tibetan Oracles --
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Some Aspects of Pön --
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Tibetan Bon Rites in China: A Case of Cultural Diffusion --
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The Saintly Madman in Tibet --
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Trans-Himalayan Traders in Transition --
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Tibetan Communities of the High Valleys of Nepal: Life in an Exceptional Environment and Economy --
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Tibetan Culture and Personality: Refugee Responses to a Culture-Bound TAT --
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Εthnogenesis and Resource Competition among Tibetan Refugees in South India: A New Face to the Indo-Tibetan Interface --
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The "Abominable Snowman": Himalayan Religion and Folklore from the Lepchas of Sikkim --
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SECTION FOUR Perspectives Merged: The Newars --
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Notes on the Origins of the Newars of the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal --
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Symbolic Fields in Nepalese Religious Iconography: A Preliminary Investigation --
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Intercaste Relations in a Newar Community --
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The Role of the Priest in Newar Society --
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Structure and Change of a Newari Festival Organization --
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A Descriptive Analysis of the Content of Nepalese Buddhist Pūjās as a Medical-Cultural System with References to Tibetan Parallels --
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Biographical Notes --
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Index of Names --
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Index of Subjects
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Issued also in print.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
DOI:
10.1515/9783110806496
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110806496
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110806496
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