Tibetan diary: from birth to death and beyond in a Himalayan valley of Nepal
Geoff Childs
Tibetan diary: from birth to death and beyond in a Himalayan valley of Nepal
Author
Geoff ChildsPublisher
University of California PressEdition 1
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شناسنامه
Title and Author
Tibetan diary: from birth to death and beyond in a Himalayan valley of Nepal / Geoff ChildsPublication Details
برکلی : University of California Press، 2004مPhysical Description
xi, 217 p.: ill.; 23 cm.Subject
Ethnology -- Tibet -- Nubri (Nepal)Philosophy, Tibetan
Philosophy -- Nubri (Nepal)
Nubri (Nepal) Religious life and customs
Nubri (Nepal) Social life and customs
Language
انگلیسیIncludes bibliographical references )p. 591-112( and index.
Contents
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