ISBN:
0520241339
,
0520241096
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xi, 217 p)
,
ill
,
24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Tibetan Diary : From Birth to Death and Beyond in a Himalayan Valley of Nepal
DDC:
306/.0951/38
Keywords:
Ethnology
;
Philosophy, Tibetan
;
Nubri (Tibet) Religious life and customs
;
Nubri (Tibet) Social life and customs
Abstract:
In this rich and deeply personal account of life in the highlands of Nepal, Geoff Childs chronicles the daily existence of a range of people, from venerated lamas to humble householders. Offering insights into the complex dynamics of the ethnically Tibetan enclave of Nubri, Childs provides a vivid and compelling portrait of the ebb and flow of life and death, of communal harmony and discord, and of personal conflicts and social resolutions. Part ethnography, part travelogue, and part biography, Tibetan Diary is a one-of-a-kind book that conveys the tangled intricacies of a Tibetan society. Chi
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1. Raising the Curtain; 2. The Lay of the Land; 3. Life Begets Death, Death Begets Life: The Life Course Begins; 4. Adolescent Discord: Family Needs versus Spiritual Deeds; 5. Growing Through Travel: The Pilgrimage for Knowledge and Prestige; 6. The Merits of Matrimony: Commencing the Householder Life; 7. High Peaks and Deep Valleys: The Imponderable Nature of Everyday Life; 8. Anticipating the End of the Life Course: The Anxieties of Old Age; 9. Parting Breaths: Death Is But a Transition
Description / Table of Contents:
10. Transcending Death: Rising Corpses and ReincarnationsAppendix: Place Names; Notes; Glossary; A; B; C; D; G; J; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; U; Y; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W; Y
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-211) and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
