A Bibliography on Himalayan Ethnography
Author: Beatrix Pfleiderer
Publisher:
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 152
ISBN-13:
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The Thakali
Author: Michael Vinding
Publisher: Serindia Publications, Inc.
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 520
ISBN-13: 9780906026502
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis monograph presents a comprehensive ethnography of the Thakali with particular reference to the Thak Khola valley of Mustang district, Nepal - the homeland of the Thakali. Based on several years of fieldwork since 1972, it provides detail and insight on Thakali history, culture and society.
Animal Intimacies
Author: Radhika Govindrajan
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2018-05-29
Total Pages: 235
ISBN-13: 022656004X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“A delightful read [and] an important addition to human-animal relations studies.” —Anthropology Matters What does it mean to live and die in relation to other animals? Animal Intimacies posits this central question alongside the intimate—and intense—moments of care, kinship, violence, politics, indifference, and desire that occur between human and non-human animals. Built on extensive ethnographic fieldwork in the mountain villages of India’s Central Himalayas, Radhika Govindrajan’s book explores the number of ways that human and animal interact to cultivate relationships as interconnected, related beings. Whether it is through the study of the affect and ethics of ritual animal sacrifice, analysis of the right-wing political project of cow-protection, or examination of villagers’ talk about bears who abduct women and have sex with them, Govindrajan illustrates that multispecies relatedness relies on both difference and ineffable affinity between animals. Animal Intimacies breaks substantial new ground in animal studies, and Govindrajan’s detailed portrait of the social, political and religious life of the region will be of interest to cultural anthropologists and scholars of South Asia as well. “Immerses us in passionate case studies on the multiple relationships between Kumaoni villagers and animals in Uttarakhand.” —European Bulletin of Himalayan Research “A memorable and innovative ethnography.” —Piers Locke, University of Canterbury
Cultural Anthropology of the Middle East, A Bibliography, Volume 1 Cultural Anthropology of the Middle East 1965-1987
Author: Strijp
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2021-12-06
Total Pages: 594
ISBN-13: 9004491724
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuring the last two decades, the number of anthropologists conducting research in the Middle East has increased considerably. Together they have produced an abundance of valuable studies, often based on prolonged periods of ethnographic fieldwork. This bibliography offers a comprehensive survey of their results published between 1965 and 1987. It refers to studies published in English, French and German. Geographically, the bibliography covers the area from Mauritania in the West to Afghanistan in the East, and from Turkey in the North to the Arab Peninsula and Northern Sudan in the South. The majority of studies inserted has been written by anthropologists. Besides, a considerable number of studies related to anthropology, but published by non-anthropologists, has been integrated as well. The majority of the monographs and volumes has been annotated.
Bibliographic Guide to Anthropology and Archaeology
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Publisher:
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 504
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Author: Nayanika Mathur
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 215
ISBN-13: 1107106974
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPaper Tiger shifts the debate on state failure and opens up new understanding of the workings of the contemporary Indian state.
Hindus of the Himalayas
Author: Gerald Duane Berreman
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1972
Total Pages: 536
ISBN-13: 9780520014237
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGerald Berreman's ethnographic study of a hill village in India is widely regarded as a classic in the field of social anthropology. In this new edition, Berreman returns to this village after ten years to record the ethnographic continuity and change in village lifestyle. A new prologue addsimportant insights to the bases for the ethnographic descriptions and analyses by outlining the research conditions of this study. A new epilogue records Berreman's findings after revisiting the village--focusing on the trends found in the village and the surrounding region to draw implications forthe country at large.
Culture and the Environment in the Himalaya
Author: Arjun Guneratne
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009-12-24
Total Pages: 362
ISBN-13: 1135192863
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is concerned with human-environment relations in the Himalaya. It explores how different populations and communities in the region understand or conceive of the concept of environment, how their concepts vary across lines of gender, class, age, status, and what this implies for policy makers in the fields of environmental conservation and development. The chapters in this book analyse the symbolic schema that shape human-environment relations, whether that of scientists studying the Himalayan environment, public officials crafting policy about it, or people making a living from their engagement with it, and the way that natural phenomena themselves shape human perception of the world. A new approach to the study of the environment in South Asia, this book introduces the new thinking in environmental anthropology and geography into the study of the Himalaya and uses Himalayan ethnography to interrogate and critique contemporary theorizing about the environment.
The Origins of Himalayan Studies
Author: David M. Waterhouse
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780415312158
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBrian Hodgson lived in Nepal from 1820 to 1843 during which time he wrote and published extensively on Nepalese culture, religion, natural history, architecture, ethnography and linguistics. Contributors from leading historians of Nepal and South Asia and from specialists in Buddhist studies, art history, linguistics, ornithology and ethnography, critically examine Hodgson's life and achievement within the context of his contribution to scholarship. Many of the drawings photographed for this book have not previously been published.
Everyday Creativity
Author: Kirin Narayan
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2016-11-22
Total Pages: 279
ISBN-13: 022640773X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKKirin Narayan’s imagination was captured the very first time that, as a girl visiting the Himalayas, she heard Kangra women join their voices together in song. Returning as an anthropologist, she became fascinated by how they spoke of singing as a form of enrichment, bringing feelings of accomplishment, companionship, happiness, and even good health—all benefits of the “everyday creativity” she explores in this book. Part ethnography, part musical discovery, part poetry, part memoir, and part unforgettable portraits of creative individuals, this unique work brings this remote region in North India alive in sight and sound while celebrating the incredible powers of music in our lives. With rare and captivating eloquence, Narayan portrays Kangra songs about difficulties on the lives of goddesses and female saints as a path to well-being. Like the intricate geometries of mandalu patterns drawn in courtyards or the subtle balance of flavors in a meal, well-crafted songs offer a variety of deeply meaningful benefits: as a way of making something of value, as a means of establishing a community of shared pleasure and skill, as a path through hardships and limitations, and as an arena of renewed possibility. Everyday Creativity makes big the small world of Kangra song and opens up new ways of thinking about what creativity is to us and why we are so compelled to engage it.
