Gillian G. Tan

In the Circle of White Stones (eBook, ePUB)

Moving through Seasons with Nomads of Eastern Tibet

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780295999494
• Artikelnr.: 47860737

Autorenporträt

Gillian Tan is senior lecturer in anthropology at Deakin University Australia. She is the author of In the Circle of White Stones: Moving through Seasons with the Nomads of Tibet (University of Washington Press, 2016).

Inhaltsangabe

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