This book is written primarily for scholars of Nepal, other scholars such as anthropologists (especially medical anthropologists), social epidemiologists and public health professionals (especially health educators working with international NGOs) would also enjoy the topics covered. It may also be more
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The study explores the relationships between food, ritual and social organisation among the Newars of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. The unit of analysis is the significance of food:
i) in terms of significant and
ii) functionally, in the interaction among various social categories. The study conclumore
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"Mountain people have long practiced sustainable resource management. They have had to, because their place-based cultures and lack of integration in mainstream economics have required it. So too, the mountains themselves make integrated, intensive approaches the norm. The extensive development modemore
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In this, her person volume of reflections and experiences over the years, she presents us with new insights into the life and people of the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal. Whether relating her 'non-heroic' encounters with yaks, Tibetan mastiffs, snow leopards and earthquakes, or pondering on the vagariemore
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About the author:
Dr. Natalia D. Bolsokhoyeva, born in Ulan-Ude (Buryatiya, Russia), graduated from Leningrad (now St.-Petersburg) University, specialising in Tibetan medieval literature. She works in the Institute of Social Sciences of Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences (Ulan-Ude).
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Kamaiya: Slavery and Freedom challenges the usual postcard image of ethnic groups in Nepal and the ease with which issues involving the lives of thousands of underprivileged people so easily slip off the public agenda.
During the tumultuous days after the government abolished the kamaiya systemore
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The Sherpas: a Nepalese people surrounded by myth and mystery, at home in north-east Nepal's Khumbu valley and Everest foothills. They have captured the attention of anthropologists of the world over in the same way as North America's Hopi Indians, whose typical family - so runs the academic joke - more
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