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Nomads of Eastern Tibet

Nomads of Eastern Tibet

Hardcover

General Racism & Ethnic StudiesGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 9004158138
ISBN13: 9789004158139
Publisher: Brill
Published: Aug 30 2007
Pages: 228
Weight: 1.29
Height: 0.77 Width: 7.05 Depth: 9.34
Language: English
This book presents the first comprehensive anthropological account of premodern Tibetan pastoral economy and social organization in the Kham region of eastern Tibet. It offers a uniquely fine-grained descriptive portrait of traditional Tibetan rural life among nomads in the kingdom of Dege. Based upon extensive ethnographic interviews, this study yields a nuanced analysis of the most crucial and controversial relationship in premodern Tibetan societies, namely, that ensuing between local lords and their dependents. It convincingly readdresses anthropological debates and political claims about feudalism or serfdom in Tibetan societies from a perspective that is more sensitive to local historical, social, and economic contexts.

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