Tibetan diary : from birth to death and beyond in a Himalayan valley of Nepal / Geoff Childs.

Author/creator Childs, Geoff H., 1963-
Format Book
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press, ©2004.
Descriptionxi, 217 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Ethnology--China. --Tibet Autonomous Region. --Nubri.
Philosophy, Tibetan.
Nubri (Nepal)--Religious life and customs.
Nubri (Nepal)--Social life and customs.

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 195-211) and index.
LCCN 2004004204
ISBN0520241096 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0520241339 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks GN635.C5 C45 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold