Title:Order in Paradox: Myth, Ritual and Exchange among Nepal's Tamang
ISBN:9788120813694
Author:David H. Holmberg
Publisher:Motilal Banarsidass Publishers
Publish Year:2015
Edition:Reprint Edition
Cover:Paper Back
Subject:Anthropology/ Sociology | Nepal | Nepal Anthropology | Nepal Culture and Custom
Language:English
Remarks:Notes, Maps, Figures, Table, Glossary, Bibliography and Index.
Pages:265
Size:140 x 216 mm
Weight(gms):420
Price:USD 6.80
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 comparative 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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