In the Circle of White Stones

Moving through Seasons with Nomads of Eastern Tibet

Gillian G. Tan (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

176 Seiten

2016
University of Washington Press (Verlag)
978-0-295-99948-7 (ISBN)

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This narrative of subsistence on the Tibetan plateau describes the life-worlds of people in a region traditionally known as Kham who move with their yaks from pasture to pasture, depending on the milk production of their herd for sustenance. Gillian Tan’s story, based on her own experience of living through seasonal cycles with the people of Dora Karmo between 2006 and 2013, examines the community’s powerful relationship with a Buddhist lama and their interactions with external agents of change. In showing how they perceive their environment and dwell in their world, Tan conveys a spare beauty that honors the stillness and rhythms of nomadic life.

Gillian G. Tan is assistant professor of anthropology at Deakin University in Victoria, Australia.

Foreword / Stevan Harrell

Preface

Acknowledgments

Transcription, Transliteration, and Names

The People

Timeline

1. Getting to Dora Karmo

2. The House and the Tent

3. Life in the Summer Pasture

4. A World of Impermanence

5. The Lama

6. Leaving and Arriving

Glossary

Suggested Reading

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	10.12.2016
Reihe/Serie	In the Circle of White Stones
Mitarbeit	Herausgeber (Serie): Stevan Harrell
Zusatzinfo	19 b&w illus., 3 maps, 2 charts
Verlagsort	Seattle
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	272 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie
ISBN-10	0-295-99948-9 / 0295999489
ISBN-13	978-0-295-99948-7 / 9780295999487
Zustand	Neuware