Order in Paradox Engelska 2005
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ISBN:
9788120813694
Förlag:
Motilal Banarsidass,
Sidor:
298
Vikt:
298 g
Produktmått:
5
,
5 x 8
,
5 x 17
,
9 cm
Bokomslag:
Pocketbok
Thema:
- Asian history
- Social and cultural history
- Sociology
- Social and cultural anthropology
- Nepal
This lively account of ritual, religion and exchange in the Tamang society of Nepal is sophisticated and well written. Holmberg draws on his informative descriptions of Tamang Buddhism for comparativist insights into marriage exchange caste, sacrifice and the coherence of religious fields. The study illuminates the diversity of types of sacrifice the study illuminates the diversity of types of sacrifice the interplay of spoken and written ritual languages and the paradox of exchange that differentiates while promising to unify.
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