Himalayan Anthropology: The Indo-Tibetan InterfaceJames F. Fisher Walter de Gruyter, 2011 M06 24 - 583 pages No detailed description available for "Himalayan Anthropology". |
Contents
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Hierarchy or Stratification? Two Case Studies from Nepal and East Africa | 53 |
What Whither and Whether | 67 |
A Tibetan Semantic Device | 251 |
The Sherpa View of Human Nature | 263 |
Tibetan Oracles | 287 |
Some Aspects of Pön | 299 |
A Case of Cultural Diffusion | 309 |
The Saintly Madman in Tibet | 327 |
TransHimalayan Traders in Transition | 339 |
Life in an Exceptional Environment and Economy | 359 |
THE SOUTH ASIAN PERSPECTIVE | 75 |
Hindu Views of the Mountains | 77 |
Stratification and Religion in a Himalayan Society | 83 |
Changing Patterns of Multiethnic Interaction in the Western Himalayas | 103 |
An Additional Perspective on the Nepali Caste System | 111 |
The Dual Role of High Caste Women in Nepal | 121 |
Rotating Credit Associations in Nepal | 141 |
The Role of the Priest in Sunuwar Society | 167 |
A New Rural Elite in Central Nepal | 179 |
Nepalis in Tibet | 187 |
Sikkim 18901973 | 205 |
A Few Themes Drawn from the Nepal Experience | 227 |
THE CENTRAL ASIAN PERSPECTIVE | 231 |
The Retention of Pastoralism among the Kirghiz of the Afghan Pamirs | 233 |
Refugee Responses to a Tibetan CultureBound TAT | 365 |
A New Face to the IndoTibetan Interface | 395 |
Himalayan Religion and Folklore from the Lepchas of Sikkim | 421 |
PERSPECTIVES MERGED THE NEWARS | 431 |
Notes on the Origins of the Newars of the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal | 433 |
A Preliminary Investigation | 447 |
Intercaste Relations in a Newar Community | 461 |
The Role of the Priest in Newar Society | 483 |
Structure and Change of a Newari Festival Organization | 505 |
A Descriptive Analysis of the Content of Nepalese Buddhist Pūjās as a MedicalCultural System with References to Tibetan Parallels | 529 |
Biographical Notes | 539 |
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administrative animals Anthropology Asia Bhotias Bön Brahman Buddha Buddhist called caste system central ceremony Chetris Chinese Chogyal clan cultural Dalai Lama deity demons Dhikur District dominant dto-mbas dyad economic endogamy ethnic female function fund Fürer-Haimendorf gods grain groups Gurung guthi hierarchy Himalayas Hindu Hinduism household human important India Jatra jyāpu Jyapus Kathmandu Valley Khas Khola Kinnaur Kinnaurese kinship Kirghiz land language Lepcha Lhasa lineage living Magars male Malla Kingdom marriage married monasteries monks mountain Mundakuppe Na-khi Naso Nepal Nepalese Newar officer Pamirs Panchayat percent person Pokhara political pollution polyandry Pön population priests pūjā purity Pyangaon Rajputs rank refugees region Regmi relations relationship religion religious responses rice rites ritual role salt Sanskrit Satepa settlement Sherpas shigu Sikkim Sikkimese sketch social society spirits status structure subceremonies Sunuwar Syesyos symbolic Tamangs Thakali Thulung Tibet Tibetan Tichurong tion trade traditional untouchables Vajracharya village worship