Revisiting Rituals in a Changing Tibetan World

Revisiting Rituals in a Changing Tibetan World
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 394
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ISBN-10 : 9789004235007
ISBN-13 : 9004235000
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Download or read book Revisiting Rituals in a Changing Tibetan World written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2012-08-03 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tibet, Nepal, Mongolia... This vast area has experienced significant changes following political and socio-cultural upheavals: the Chinese occupation of Tibet since the 1950s; the opening of Nepal to the world in 1951 and the influx of large numbers of Tibetan refugees into its territory; the end of the communist era and the transition to a market economy in Mongolia, and more generally the confrontation with modernity and globalisation. Revisiting Rituals in a Changing Tibetan World examines the changes rituals have undergone and offers the reader the result of recent research based on both fieldwork and textual studies by researchers who have worked in these countries. Contributors include Hildegard Diemberger, Fabienne Jagou, Thierry Dodin, Fernanda Pirie, Nicola Schneider, Mireille Helffer, Alexander von Rospatt, Marie-Dominique Even, Robert Barnett, Katia Buffetrille


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