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Book Synopsis Asian Highlands Perspectives Volume 23 by : Rdo rje tshe brtan
Download or read book Asian Highlands Perspectives Volume 23 written by Rdo rje tshe brtan and published by ASIAN HIGHLANDS PERSPECTIVES. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rdo rje tshe brtan (b. 1986) describes his childhood in Dredze Village, Yiwa Township, Tewo County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province, China, as well as being a student in Xining City, Qinghai Province. Topics covered include his family, childhood injuries and illnesses, education, Terang (malicious household deities), mountain deities and associated rituals and sacrifices, death, conflict with other locals, collecting local plants, a birth in the village, stealing fruit, a wedding, plowing, a visit to a hot spring, a lost yak, slaughtering pigs, and government confiscation of fields. Photos provide additional detail.
Book Synopsis Asian Highlands Perspectives Volume 10: Collected Papers by : Kelsang Norbu
Download or read book Asian Highlands Perspectives Volume 10: Collected Papers written by Kelsang Norbu and published by ASIAN HIGHLANDS PERSPECTIVES. This book was released on with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asian Highlands Perspectives Vol. 10 The A mdo Tibetan Lab rtse Ritual by Kelsang Norbu Childbirth and Childcare in Rdo sbis Tibetan Township by Klu mo tshe ring and Gerald Roche Dmu rdo: A Powerful Hero and Mountain Deityby G.yung 'brug and Rin chen rdo rje Echoes from Si gang lih: Burao Yilu's 'Moon Mountain' by Mark Bender The Failure of Vocational Training in Tibetan Areas of China by Shiyong, Wang Fuel and Solar Cooker Impact in Ya na gdung Village, Gcan tsha County, Mtsho sngon (Qinghai) Provinceby Rdo rje don 'grub "I, Ya ri a bsod, Am a Dog": The Life and Music of a Tibetan Mendicant Singer by Skal dbang skyid, Sha bo don sgrub rdo rje, Sgrol ma mtsho, Gerald Roche, Eric Schweickert, and Dpa' rtse rgyal Purity and Fortune in Phug sde Village Rituals by Sa mtsho skyid and Gerald Roche Rgyas bzang Tibetan Tribe Hunting Lore by Bkra shis dpal 'bar sa.bə: A Tibetan Rite of Passage by Lhundrom Muulasan Mongghul by Limusishiden Story - Fate by Gelsang Lhamu A Stolen Journey by Blo bzang tshe ring Is It Karma? by Pad ma rgya mtsho Folklore Bear and Rabbit (I) by G.yu lha Folklore Bear and Rabbit (II) by Snying dkar skyid Folklore The Frog Boy and His Family by Chodpay lhamo Mchig nges and Repaying a Debt of Gratitude by Zla ba sgrol ma
Book Synopsis ASIAN HIGHLANDS PERSPECTIVES 35 by : Various
Download or read book ASIAN HIGHLANDS PERSPECTIVES 35 written by Various and published by ASIAN HIGHLANDS PERSPECTIVES. This book was released on 2014-12-30 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume features research articles on Tibetan marmot hunting, Tibetan use of camels, Sinophone Tibetan author Alai, and yurt production and use, complimented by three short stories and seven book reviews. Asian Highlands Perspectives 35 (000-285)Author(s): Various(Full Text)Yurts in Be si chung, A Pastoral Community in A mdo: Form, Construction, Types, and Rituals (001-048)Author(s): Lha mo sgrol ma, and Gerald Roche(Full Text)Tibetan Marmot Hunting (049-074)Author(s): Sangs rgyas bkra shis, and C. K. Stuart(Full Text)A Complex Identity: Red Color-Coding in Alai's Red Poppies (075-101)Author(s): Draggeim, Alexandra(Full Text)Tibetans, Camels, Yurts, and Singing to the Salt Goddesses: An A mdo Elder Reflects on Local Culture (103-124)Author(s): Wenchangjia, and C. K. Stuart(Full Text)A Small Piece of Turquoise (127-141)Author(s): Nyima Gyamtsan(Full Text)Under the Shadow: A Story (143-158)Author(s): Huatse Gyal(Full Text)An Abandoned Mountain Deity (159-193)Author(s): Limusishiden(Full Text)Review Essay: Comparative Borderlands Across Disciplines and Across Southeast Asia (197-217)Author(s): Noseworthy, William B.(Full Text)Review: A Century of Protests (219-225)Author(s): Chandra, Uday(Full Text)Review: Empire and Identity in Guizhou (227-236)Author(s): Luo, Yu(Full Text)Review: Monastic and Lay Traditions in North-Eastern Tibet (237-242)Author(s): Weiner, Benno(Full Text)Review: Re-Constructed Ancestors and the Lahu Minority in Southwest China (243-253)Author(s): Du, Shanshan(Full Text)Review: Tales of Kha ba dkar po (255-274)Author(s): Zhang, Jundan(Jasmine)(Full Text)Review: Tibet Wild (275-285)Author(s): Bleisch, William V.(Full Text)
Book Synopsis Asian Highlands Perspectives 36 by :
Download or read book Asian Highlands Perspectives 36 written by and published by ASIAN HIGHLANDS PERSPECTIVES. This book was released on 2016-02-11 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INTRODUCTION: MAPPING THE MONGUOR Gerald Roche and CK Stuart CONTENTS THE MONGUOR THE ORIGIN OF THE MONGUOR Cui Yongzhong, Zhang Dezu, and Du Changshun; translated by Keith Dede THE FOURTH QINGHAI PROVINCIAL TU (MONGUOR) LITERATURE FORUM Limusishiden and Ha Mingzong DULUUN LUNKUANG 'THE SEVEN VALLEYS' MAP OF THE DULUUN LUNKUANG HEALTH AND ILLNESS AMONG THE MONGGHUL Limusishiden A MONGGHUL COMMUNAL RITUAL: DIINQUARI Limusishiden and CK Stuart MONASTIC CUSTOMARIES AND THE PROMOTION OF DGE LUGS SCHOLASTICISM IN A MDO AND BEYOND Brenton Sullivan BILINGUALISM IN SONG: THE RABBIT SONG OF THE FULAAN NARA HUZHU MONGGHUL Qi Huimin and Burgel RM Levy SANCHUAN 'THE THREE VALLEYS' MAP OF SANCHUAN A FAITHFUL SERVANT, SAMT'ANDJIMBA (1816-1900) Valère Rondelez; translated by Xénia de Heering ON THE SHIRONGOLS Grigorij Potanin; translated by Juha Janhunen with assistance from Wen Xiangcheng and Zhu Yongzhong MANGGHUER FOLKTALES AND HISTORICAL NARRATIVES Grigori Potanin; translated by Xénia de Heering MANGGHUER EMBROIDERY: A VANISHING TRADITION Aila Pullinen KHRE TSE BZHI 'THE FOUR ESTATES' MAP OF THE KHRE TSE BZHI THE ORIGIN OF GNYAN THOG VILLAGE AND THE HISTORY OF ITS CHIEFTAINS Blo bzang snyan grags; translated by Lcags mo tshe ring RKA GSAR, A MONGUOR (TU) VILLAGE IN REB GONG (TONGREN): COMMUNAL RITUALS AND EVERYDAY LIFE Tshe ring skyid AN INTRODUCTION TO RGYA TSHANG MA, A MONGUOR (TU) VILLAGE IN REB GONG (TONGREN) Tshe ring skyid REFERENCES SELECTED NON-ENGLISH TERMS INDEX
Book Synopsis ASIAN HIGHLANDS PERSPECTIVES 34: Fading Memories, Faded Lives by : Limusishiden
Download or read book ASIAN HIGHLANDS PERSPECTIVES 34: Fading Memories, Faded Lives written by Limusishiden and published by ASIAN HIGHLANDS PERSPECTIVES. This book was released on 2014-03-12 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Limusishiden, Jugui, Kelly Ward, and CK Stuart. 2014. Fading Memories, Faded Lives: Mongghul (Tu) Photographs from Qinghai China. This collection of 131 photos features four introductions that discuss the development of commercial photography in the Huzhu area of Qinghai Province, China; details of photo collection; the social place of photographs within traditional socio-religious cultures; and how photographs are displayed within the home. For each photo there is commentary describing the when and where of their production and the people in each image. Biographic details include ethnicity, language abilities, family ties, educational background, garb and, at times, medical history.
Book Synopsis ASIAN HIGHLANDS PERSPECTIVES 28 by : Ian G Baird
Download or read book ASIAN HIGHLANDS PERSPECTIVES 28 written by Ian G Baird and published by ASIAN HIGHLANDS PERSPECTIVES. This book was released on 2013-03-26 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AHP's 2013 annual collection contains 5 original research articles, 7 new pieces of fiction, & 20 reviews of recent books. ARTICLES Ian G Baird-Shifting Contexts & Performances: The Brao-Kavet & Their Sacred Mountains in Northeast Cambodia Dpa' mo skyid-The 'Descent of Blessings': Ecstasy & Revival among the Tibetan Bon Communities of Reb gong Gerong Pincuo & Henrëtte Daudey-Too Much Loving-kindness to Repay: Funeral Speeches of the Wenquan Pumi Wang Shiyong-Towards a Localized Development Approach for Tibetan Areas in China. William Noseworthy-The Cham's First Highland Sovereign-Po Romé (r. 1627-1651) FICTION Bsod nams 'gyur med-Folktales from Gcig sgril Lhundrom-Longing for Snow-covered Peaks: Deity Possession in the Philippines Thub bstan-Elopement Ba Lobsang Gonbo-Love in Shambala Pad+ma skyabs-The Price of a Thesis Pad ma rin chen-Scattered Memories of a Misspent Youth & Conflict REVIEWS Review - Scripture of the Ten Kings (305-313) Nietupski, Paul Review - Tibet: A History (315-317) Vargas-O'Bryan, Ivette Review - Mongolian Language Scholarship on the Mongols of the Gansu-Qinghai Region (319-327) Balogh, Mátyás Review - China's Environmental Challenges (329-338) Bleisch, Bill Review - Le bergers du Fort Noir (339-341) Buffetrille, Katia Review - Islam and Tibet (343-347) Chaudhry, Faisal Review - The Art of Not Being Governed (349-355) Grant, Andrew Review - Recent Research on Ladakh (357-361) Singh, Binod Review - Revisiting Rituals in a Changing Tibetan World (363-369) Kilby, Christina Review - Japanese-Mongolian Relations (371-373) Reid, Anja Review - China's 'Tibetan' Frontiers (375-380) Weiner, Benno Review - Drokpa (381-385) Beebe, Ligaya Review - Transforming Nomadic Resource Management and Livelihood Strategies (387-392) Winkler, Daniel Review - Explorers and Scientists in China's Borderlands (393-396) Rohlf, Gregory Review - Origins and Migrations in the Extended Eastern Himalayas (397-403) Hayes, Jack Review - The Sherthukpens of Arunachal Pradesh (405-411) Weedall, Christopher Review - Critical Han Studies (413-417) Ye, Zhiguo Review - Trade and Society along the Ancient Silk Road (419-422) Sengar, Bina Review - Emerging Bon (423-449) Zeisler, Bettina Free download of entire volume here http://www.plateauculture.org/writing/ahp-28-entire-volume At-cost hardcover:http://www.lulu.com/shop/various/ahp-28/hardcover/product-21362829.html
Book Synopsis Asian Highlands Perspectives 37: Centering the Local by :
Download or read book Asian Highlands Perspectives 37: Centering the Local written by and published by ASIAN HIGHLANDS PERSPECTIVES. This book was released on 2016-02-11 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays celebrates the life and work of Dr. Charles Kevin Stuart. For more than three decades, Kevin Stuart has quietly exerted considerable influence on scholarship on Tibet, China, and Mongolia, demonstrating a particular sensitivity to emic voices, facilitating collaborations between etic-emic viewpoints, but always striving to preserve and privilege the latter. It is possible when reading Kevin's writings, and the contributions gathered here, to 'center the local' by thinking within local horizons of meaning. Introduction by Benedict Copps An Introduction to Amdo Tibetan Love Songs, or La gzhas by Skal bzang nor bu A Bibliographic Note and Table on Mid-19th to Mid-20th Century Western Travelogues and Research Reports on Gansu and Qinghai by Bianca Horrleman The Last Outstanding Mongghul Folksong Singer by Limusishiden Slinking Between Realms: Musk Deer as Prey in Yi Oral Literature by Mark Bender Describing and Transcribing the Phonologies of the Amdo Sprachbund by Juha Janhunen Animals Good for Healing: On Experiences with Folk Healers in Inner Mongolia (China) by Peter Knecht Ethnicity and Cultural Diversity on the Northeast Tibetan Plateau: Sanchuan's Weather Management Rituals in Comparative Context by Gerald Roche Herds on the Move: Transformations in Tibetan Nomadic Pastoral Systems by Daniel Miller 'Zomia': New Constructions of the Southeast Asian Highlands and Their Tibetan Implications by Geoffrey Samuel Witness to Change: A Tibetan Woman Recalls her Life by Nangchukja A Group of Mural Paintings from the 1930s in A mdo Reb gong by Rob Linrothe Kevin Stuart among Mongolian English-learners in Huhhot in the Mid-1980s by Mandula Borjigin, Narisu Narisu, and Chuluu Ujiyediin མདོ་སྨད་ཡུལ་གྱི་བོད་དབྱིན་སློབ་གསོའི་གནས་བབ་གླེང་བ - བུན་ཁྲང་རྒྱལ
Book Synopsis New Perspectives in Southeast Asian and Pacific Prehistory by : Philip J. Piper
Download or read book New Perspectives in Southeast Asian and Pacific Prehistory written by Philip J. Piper and published by ANU Press. This book was released on 2017-03-24 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘This volume brings together a diversity of international scholars, unified in the theme of expanding scientific knowledge about humanity’s past in the Asia-Pacific region. The contents in total encompass a deep time range, concerning the origins and dispersals of anatomically modern humans, the lifestyles of Pleistocene and early Holocene Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers, the emergence of Neolithic farming communities, and the development of Iron Age societies. These core enduring issues continue to be explored throughout the vast region covered here, accordingly with a richness of results as shown by the authors. Befitting of the grand scope of this volume, the individual contributions articulate perspectives from multiple study areas and lines of evidence. Many of the chapters showcase new primary field data from archaeological sites in Southeast Asia. Equally important, other chapters provide updated regional summaries of research in archaeology, linguistics, and human biology from East Asia through to the Western Pacific.’ Mike T. Carson Associate Professor of Archaeology Micronesian Area Research Center University of Guam
Download or read book AHP 45 REVIEWS 2017 written by and published by ASIAN HIGHLANDS PERSPECTIVES. This book was released on 2017-03-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: YESTERDAY'S TRIBE Reviewed: Kelsang Norbu; MY TWO FATHERS Reviewed: Sangs rgyas bkra shis; SMUG PA and CHU MIG DGU SGRI Reviewed: Konchok Gelek; KLU 'BUM MI RGOD Reviewed: Pad+ma rig 'dzin; PHYUR BA Reviewed: 'Brug mo skyid; TIBET'S BELOVED CHILD; Reviewed: Rinchenkhar; THE RISE OF GÖNPO NAMGYEL; Reviewed: Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa; IMAG(IN)ING THE NAGAS Reviewed: Mark Bender; THE DAWN OF TIBET Reviewed: Ivette M. Vargas-O'Bryan and Chelsea McGill; BRIGHT BLUE HIGHLAND BARLEY Reviewed: Limusishiden; A CACTUS OF TEARS and THE TUYUHUN KINGDOM Reviewed: Wu Jing; A CHANGE IN WORLDS Reviewed: Bill Bleisch; TIBETAN LITERARY GENRES Reviewed: Tricia Kehoe; LANGUAGE IN AN AMDO TIBETAN VILLAGE Reviewed: Zoe Tribur; EARLY CARPETS AND TAPESTRIES Reviewed: Juha Komppa; FOUNDING AN EMPIRE 1790-1840 Reviewed: Hilary Howes; CHINESE MUSLIMS Reviewed: Bianca Horlemann; THARLO and THE SACRED ARROW Reviewed: Khashem Gyal; RIVER Reviewed: Phun tshogs dbang rgyal; and AMNYE MACHEN MOUNTAIN CIRCUMAMBULATION Reviewed: Bill Bleisch. Contents Book Reviews 9-15 Yesterday's Tribe Reviewed by Kelsang Norbu 16-38 My Two Fathers Reviewed by Sangs rgyas bkra shis 39-45 Smug pa Reviewed by Konchok Gelek 46-50 Chu mig dgu sgri Reviewed by Konchok Gelek 51-65 Klu 'bum mi rgod Reviewed by Pad+ma rig 'dzin 66-72 Phyur ba Reviewed by 'Brug mo skyid 73-87 Tibet's Beloved Child Reviewed by Rinchenkhar 88-92 The Rise of Gönpo Namgyel in Kham Reviewed by Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa 93-97 Imag(in)ing the Nagas Reviewed by Mark Bender 98-104 The Dawn of Tibet Reviewed by Ivette M. Vargas-O'Bryan 105-110 The Dawn of Tibet Reviewed by Chelsea McGill 111-121 Bright Blue Highland Barley Reviewed by Limusishiden 122-131 A Cactus of Tears and The Tuyuhun Kingdom Reviewed by Wu Jing 132-144 A Change in Worlds on the Sino-Tibetan Borderlands Reviewed by Bill Bleisch 145-149 Tibetan Literary Genres, Texts, and Text Types Reviewed by Tricia Kehoe 150-158 Language Variation and Change in an Amdo Tibetan Village: Gender, Education and Resistance Reviewed by Zoe Tribur 159-171 Early Carpets and Tapestries on the Eastern Silk Road Reviewed by Juha Komppa 172-180 Founding an Empire on India's North-Eastern Frontiers 1790-1840 Reviewed by Hilary Howes 181-185 Chinese Muslims and the Global Ummah Reviewed by Bianca Horlemann Film Reviews 187-209 Tharlo and The Sacred Arrow Reviewed by Khashem Gyal 210-220 River Reviewed by Phun tshogs dbang rgyal 221-224 Amnye Machen Mountain Circumambulation Reviewed by Bill Bleisch
Book Synopsis Ten Thousand Years of Cultivation at Kuk Swamp in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea by : Jack Golson
Download or read book Ten Thousand Years of Cultivation at Kuk Swamp in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea written by Jack Golson and published by ANU Press. This book was released on 2017-07-07 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kuk is a settlement at c. 1600 m altitude in the upper Wahgi Valley of the Western Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea, near Mount Hagen, the provincial capital. The site forms part of the highland spine that runs for more than 2500 km from the western head of the island of New Guinea to the end of its eastern tail. Until the early 1930s, when the region was first explored by European outsiders, it was thought to be a single, uninhabited mountain chain. Instead, it was found to be a complex area of valleys and basins inhabited by large populations of people and pigs, supported by the intensive cultivation of the tropical American sweet potato on the slopes above swampy valley bottoms. With the end of World War II, the area, with others, became a focus for the development of coffee and tea plantations, of which the establishment of Kuk Research Station was a result. Large-scale drainage of the swamps produced abundant evidence in the form of stone axes and preserved wooden digging sticks and spades for their past use in cultivation. Investigations in 1966 at a tea plantation in the upper Wahgi Valley by a small team from The Australian National University yielded a date of over 2000 years ago for a wooden stick collected from the bottom of a prehistoric ditch. The establishment of Kuk Research Station a few kilometres away shortly afterwards provided an ideal opportunity for a research project.
Book Synopsis Tribal Populations and Cultures of the Indian Subcontinent by : C. von Fürer-Haimendorf
Download or read book Tribal Populations and Cultures of the Indian Subcontinent written by C. von Fürer-Haimendorf and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-03-07 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Shamaness in Asia by : Davide Torri
Download or read book The Shamaness in Asia written by Davide Torri and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-08 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book concentrates on female shamanisms in Asia and their relationship with the state and other religions, offering a perspective on gender and shamanism that has often been neglected in previous accounts. An international range of contributors cover a broad geographical scope, ranging from Siberia to South Asia, and Iran to Japan. Several key themes are considered, including the role of bureaucratic established religions in integrating, challenging and fighting shamanic practices, the position of women within shamanic complexes, and perceptions of the body. Beginning with a chapter that places the shamaness at the centre of the discussion, chapters then approach these issues in a variety of ways, from historically informed accounts, to presenting the findings of extensive ethnographic research by the authors themselves. Offering an important counterbalance to male dominated accounts of shamanism, this book will be of great interest to scholars of Indigenous Peoples across Religious Studies, Anthropology, Asian Studies, and Gender Studies.
Book Synopsis Pastoral practices in High Asia by : Hermann Kreutzmann
Download or read book Pastoral practices in High Asia written by Hermann Kreutzmann and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-03-28 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In conventional views, pastoralism was classified as a stage of civilization that needed to be abolished and transcended in order to reach a higher level of development. In this context, global approaches to modernize a rural society have been ubiquitous phenomena independent of ideological contexts. The 20th century experienced a variety of concepts to settle mobile groups and to transfer their lifestyles to modern perceptions. Permanent settlements are the vivid expression of an ideology-driven approach. Modernization theory captured all walks of life and tried to optimize breeding techniques, pasture utilization, transport and processing concepts. New insights into other aspects of pastoralism such as its role as an adaptive strategy to use marginal resources in remote locations with difficult access could only be understood as a critique of capitalist and communist concepts of modernization. In recent years a renaissance of modernization theory-led development activities can be observed. Higher inputs from external funding, fencing of pastures and settlement of pastoralists in new townships are the vivid expression of 'modern' pastoralism in urban contexts. The new modernization programme incorporates resettlement and transformation of lifestyles as to be justified by environmental pressure in order to reduce degradation in the age of climate change.
Download or read book The Thakali written by Michael Vinding and published by Serindia Publications, Inc.. This book was released on 1998 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 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.
Book Synopsis Climate Change by : Houshang Kheradmand
Download or read book Climate Change written by Houshang Kheradmand and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2011-09-09 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows some of the socio-economic impacts of climate change according to different estimates of the current or estimated global warming. A series of scientific and experimental research projects explore the impacts of climate change and browse the techniques to evaluate the related impacts. These 23 chapters provide a good overview of the different changes impacts that already have been detected in several regions of the world. They are part of an introduction to the researches being done around the globe in connection with this topic. However, climate change is not just an academic issue important only to scientists and environmentalists; it also has direct implications on various ecosystems and technologies.
Book Synopsis The Himalayan Border Region by : Christoph Bergmann
Download or read book The Himalayan Border Region written by Christoph Bergmann and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-18 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing from extensive archival work and long-term ethnographic research, this book focuses on the so-called Bhotiyas, former trans-Himalayan traders and a Scheduled Tribe of India who reside in several high valleys of the Kumaon Himalaya. The area is located in the border triangle between India, the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR, People’s Republic of China), and Nepal, where contestations over political boundaries have created multiple challenges as well as opportunities for local mountain communities. Based on an analytical framework that is grounded in and contributes to recent advances in the field of border studies, the author explores how the Bhotiyas have used their agency to develop a flourishing trans-Himalayan trade under British colonial influence; to assert an identity and win legal recognition as a tribal community in the political setup of independent India; and to innovate their pastoral mobility in the context of ongoing state and market reforms. By examining the Bhotiyas’ trade, identity and mobility this book shows how and why the Himalayan border region has evolved as an agentive site of political action for a variety of different actors.
Book Synopsis Routledge Handbook of Highland Asia by : Jelle J.P. Wouters
Download or read book Routledge Handbook of Highland Asia written by Jelle J.P. Wouters and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-08-09 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook of Highland Asia is the first comprehensive and critical overview of the ethnographic and anthropological work in Highland Asia over the past half a century. Opening up a grand new space for critical engagement, the handbook presents Highland Asia as a world-region that cuts across the traditional divides inherited from colonial and Cold War area divisions - the Indian Subcontinent/South Asia, Southeast Asia, China/East Asia, and Central Asia. Thirty-two chapters assess the history of research, identify ethnographic trends, and evaluate a range of analytical themes that developed in particular settings of Highland Asia. They cover varied landscapes and communities, from Kyrgyzstan to India, from Bhutan to Vietnam and bring local voices and narratives relating trade and tribute, ritual and resistance, pilgrimage and prophecy, modernity and marginalization, capital and cosmos to the fore. The handbook shows that for millennia, Highland Asians have connected far-flung regions through movements of peoples, goods and ideas, and at all times have been the enactors, repositories, and mediators of world-historical processes. Taken together, the contributors and chapters subvert dominant lowland narratives by privileging primarily highland vantages that reveal Highland Asia as an ecumune and prism that refracts and generates global history, social theory, and human imagination. In the currently unfolding Asian Century, this compels us to reorient and re-envision Highland Asia, in ethnography, in theory, and in the connections between this world-region, made of hills, highlands and mountains, and a planetary context. The handbook reveals both regional commonalities and diversities, generalities and specificities, and a broad orientation to key themes in the region. An indispensable reference work, this handbook fills a significant gap in the literature and will be of interest to academics, researchers and students interested in Highland Asia, Zomia Studies, Anthropology, Comparative Politics, Conceptual History and Sociology, Southeast Asian Studies, Central Asian Studies and South Asian Studies as well as Asian Studies in general.
