ISBN: 9780520937840

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. … Altro …

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. Childs's immensely readable and informative narrative incorporates contemporary observations as well as vignettes culled from first-person testaments including oral histories and autobiographies. Examining the tensions between cultural ideals and individual aspirations, he explores certain junctures in the course of life: how the desire to attain religious knowledge or to secure a caretaker in old age contrasts with social expectations and familial obligation, for example. The result is a vivid and unparalleled view of the quest for both spiritual meaning and mundane survival that typifies life in an unpredictable Himalayan environment.; EPUB; History & Transport > Humamities > Regional & national history > Asian history, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt<

2004, ISBN: 9780520937840

University of California Press, Kindle Ausgabe, Auflage: 1, 302 Seiten, Publiziert: 2004-09-27T00:00:00.000Z, Produktgruppe: Digital Ebook Purchas, Anthropologie, Sozialwissenschaft, Kate… Altro …

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2004, ISBN: 9780520937840

University of California Press, Kindle Edition, Auflage: 1, 302 Seiten, Publiziert: 2004-09-27T00:00:00.000Z, Produktgruppe: Digital Ebook Purchas, World History, History, Subjects, Books… Altro …

University of California Press, Kindle Edition, Auflage: 1, 302 Seiten, Publiziert: 2004-09-27T00:00:00.000Z, Produktgruppe: Digital Ebook Purchas, World History, History, Subjects, Books, Middle East, Asia, Philosophy, Buddhism, Religion & Spirituality, Tibetan, Archaeology, Politics, Philosophy & Social Sciences, Customs & Folklore, Anthropology, Ethnography & Ethnology, Social & Cultural, Cultural Studies, Kindle eBooks, Categories, Kindle Store, Politics & Social Sciences, Format: Kindle eBook, University of California Press, 2004<

ISBN: 9780520937840

Tibetan Diary - From Birth to Death and Beyond in a Himalayan Valley of Nepal: ab 32.49 € eBooks > Fachthemen & Wissenschaft > Sozialwissenschaften University of California Press eBook al… Altro …

Tibetan Diary - From Birth to Death and Beyond in a Himalayan Valley of Nepal: ab 32.49 € eBooks > Fachthemen & Wissenschaft > Sozialwissenschaften University of California Press eBook als epub, University of California Press<

2004, ISBN: 9780520937840

From Birth to Death and Beyond in a Himalayan Valley of Nepal, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), [PU: University of California Press], [ED: 1], University of California Press, 2004