Tibetan diary : from birth to death and beyond in a Himalayan valley of Nepal

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

Author/creator	Childs, Geoff H., 1963-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2004.
Description	xi, 217 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Subject(s)	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 note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-211) and index.
LCCN	2004004204
ISBN	0520241096 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0520241339 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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