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Tibetan diary :

(Number (ISBN

0520937848

(Number (ISBN

1597349550

(Number (ISBN

9780520937840

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9781597349550

Erroneous ISBN

0520241096

Erroneous ISBN

0520241339

Number

b760243

Title Proper

Tibetan diary :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

from birth to death and beyond in a Himalayan valley of Nepal /

First Statement of Responsibility

Geoff Childs.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Berkeley :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University of California Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2004.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xi, 217 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates) :

Other Physical Details

illustrations, maps

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-211) and index.

Text of Note

Raising the curtain -- The lay of the land -- Life begets death, death begets life : the life course begins -- Adolescent discord : family needs versus spiritual deeds -- Growing through travel : the pilgrimage for knowledge and prestige -- The merits of matrimony : commencing the householder life -- High peaks and deep valleys : the imponderable nature of everyday life -- Anticipating the end of the life course : the anxieties of old age -- Parting breaths : death is but a transition -- Transcending death : rising corpses and reincarnations.

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Text of Note

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.

Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address

JSTOR

Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address

OverDrive, Inc.

Stock Number

22573/cttt4mhw

Stock Number

7E4E9E00-0A3F-48BB-B086-EBDFB1975772

Title

Tibetan diary.

International Standard Book Number

0520241339

Ethnology-- China-- Tibet Autonomous Region-- Nubri.

Philosophy, Tibetan.

Ethnology.

Manners and customs.

Philosophy, Tibetan.

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.

SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.

SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Popular Culture.

Nubri (Nepal), Religious life and customs.

Nubri (Nepal), Social life and customs.

China, Tibet Autonomous Region.

Nepal, Nubri.

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POL-- 038000

SOC-- 002010

SOC-- 022000

SOC002010

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Edition

Class number

Book number

Childs, Geoff H.,1963-

Date of Transaction

20201204200021.0

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Electronic name

[Book]

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