Nomads of Eastern Tibet

Social Organization and Economy of a Pastoral Estate in the Kingdom of Dege
Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-90-04-15813-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 15, 228 Seiten, Format (B × H): 179 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 585 g

Reihe: Brill's Tibetan Studies Library

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thargyal, Rinzin

Huber, Toni

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Author’s Preface, Editor’s Preface, List of Illustrations

TONI HUBER—The Anthropology of Tibet and the First Tibetan Anthropologies

RINZIN THARGYAL—Nomads of Eastern Tibet:
Social Organization and Economy of a Pastoral
Estate in the Kingdom of Dege

Chapter One—Introduction
Chapter Two—The Genesis of Zilphukhog
Chapter Three—Labour Service
Chapter Four—Animal Husbandry
Chapter Five—Trade and Peripheral Incomes
Chapter Six—Strategic Transhumance
Chapter Seven—Household Organization
Chapter Eight—Marriage and Kinship
Chapter Nine—Birth and Death
Chapter Ten—The Political Environment
Chapter Eleven—Social Organization
Bibliography, Index

Über Autor(innen)

Rinzin Thargyal, M.A. (1985) in Social Anthropology, University of Oslo, works for the Network for University Co-operation Tibet-Norway and teaches Tibetan language. He has authored various articles on the premodern Tibetan social system, Tibetan nationalism and identity.
Toni Huber, Ph.D. (1993), is Professor of Tibetan Studies at the Humboldt University, Berlin. His extensive publications on the anthropology and cultural history of Tibetan societies include The Cult of Pure Crystal Mountain (Oxford, 1999) and The Holy Land Reborn (Chicago, 2007).