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

Geoff Childs

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Table of 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.
Author/Creator:: Childs, Geoff H., 1963-
Languages:: English
Language Notes:: Item content: English
Main Work:: Tibetan diary: from birth to death and beyond in a Himalayan valley of Nepal [by Childs, G.H.]
Subjects:: Ethnology — China — Tibet Autonomous Region — Nubri
Philosophy, Tibetan
Nubri (Tibet) — Religious life and customs
Nubri (Tibet) — Social life and customs
Ethnology
Manners and customs
China — Tibet Autonomous Region
General Notes:: Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-211) and index.
Physical Description:: xi, 217 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Call Numbers:: GN635.C5 C45 2004
ISBNs:: 0520241096 (cloth, alk. paper)
0520241339 (pbk., alk. paper)
Library of Congress Control Numbers:: 2004004204
OCLC Numbers:: 54500179