Anthropology of Tibet and the Himalaya

Proceeding of the International Seminar on the Anthropology of Tibet and Himalaya September 21 - 28, 1990 at the Ethnographic Museum of the University of Zurich.

Content

Michael alien 
Hierarchy and complementarity in Newar eating arrangements 
Barbara Nimri Aziz 
Shakti Yogamaya: a tradition of dissent in Nepal 
Marcia Calkowski
Contesting hierarchy: on gambling as an authoritative resource in Tibetan refugee society 
Krystyna Cech 
The social and religious identity of the Tibetan bonpos 
Dilli R. Dahal
Anthropology of the Nepal Himalaya: a critical appraisal 
Hildegard Diemberger 
Gangla tshechu, beyul khenbalung: pilgrimage to hidden valleys, sacred mountains and
springs of life water in southern Tibet and eastern Nepal
Gelek
The Tibetan plateau - one of the homes of early man 
Nicola Grist
Muslim kinship and marriage in Ladakh 
Susanne Von Der Heide 
From "British naturalism" to abstract modern painting in Nepal
Reinhard Herdick 
Remarks on the orientation of the large stupas in the Kathmandu valley: a discussion of principles of lunar ordering Hiroshi Ishii
Agricultural labour recruitment among the newars and other groups in the sub-himalayan areas 
Wolf Kahlen
Thang-stong Rgyal-po - a Leonardo of Tibet 
Samten G. Karmay
The wind-horse and the well-being of man 
Abbas Kazmithe 
Ethnic groups of baltistan 
Todd T. Lewis 
Himalayan frontier trade: Newar diaspora merchants and buddhism and 
Andrea Loseries
Charnel ground traditions in Tibet: some remarks and observations
Ma Lihua 
Shamanic belief among nomads in northern Tibet
Gregory G. Maskarinec 
Flatter, promise, threaten, kill: a discursive analysis of shamanic mantar 
Ernestine L. McHugh 
Culture and the transformation of suffering among the gurungs of Nepal
Gudrun Meier 
Sammlungen der missionare der herrnhuter brudermission aus ladakh - inhalt und standorte 
Beatrice Diamond Miller
Is there Tibetan culture(s)without Buddhism? 
Michael Muhlich
Complementary and hierarchical aspects of brahman-chetri social structure 
Rohit Kumar Nepali 
Culturally appropriate development: an anthropological study of villages in eastern Nepal 
Michael Oppitz 
Drongo 
Bruce McCoy Owens 
Blood and bodhisattvas: sacrifice among the newar buddhists of Nepal
Joanna Ffaff-Czarnecka
The nepalese durga puja festival or displaying military supremacy on ritual occasions 
Charles Ramble 
Rule by play in southern mustang 
Hans Roth 
The central Asian archive in bonn and the catalogue of the Tibetan and Mongolian culture
Ursula Sagaster 
Observations made during the month of muharram, 1989, in baltistan 
Geoffrey Samuel 
Shamanism, bon and Tibetan religion 
Amelia Schenk 
Inducing trance: on the training of ladakhi oracle healers 
Christian Schicklgruber 
Who marries whom and why among the khumbo 
Klaus Seeland 
Sanskritisation and environmental perception among Tibeto-burman Speaking groups
Prayag R. Sharma 
Caste societies in the state of Nepal: a historical perspective 
Mark Trewin 
Lha-Rnga: a form of Ladakhi folk, music and its relationship to the great tradition of Tibetan Buddhism 
Rohit Vohra 
Antiquities on the southern arteries of the silk route: ethnic movements and new discoveries 
Peter Webster
Some epistemological aspects of caste among the newars in the Kathmandu valley, Nepal 
Eugen Wehrli
Tibet research in china by Tibetans and Chinese after 1949
Yang En-Hong 
The forms of chanting Gesar and the bon religion in Tibet