In the Circle of White Stones : Moving through Seasons with Nomads of Eastern Tibet (Studies on Ethnic Groups in Chinastudies on Ethnic Groups in Chinastudies on Ethnic Groups in Chinastudies on Ethnic Groups in Chinastudies on Ethnic Groups in China

Tan, Gillian G./ Harrell, Stevan (EDT)

University of Washington Press（2016/12発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 176 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780295999487
• DDC分類 305.90691809515

Full Description

This narrative of subsistence on the Tibetan plateau describes the life-worlds of people in a region traditionally known as Kham who move with their yaks from pasture to pasture, depending on the milk production of their herd for sustenance. Gillian Tan's story, based on her own experience of living through seasonal cycles with the people of Dora Karmo between 2006 and 2013, examines the community's powerful relationship with a Buddhist lama and their interactions with external agents of change. In showing how they perceive their environment and dwell in their world, Tan conveys a spare beauty that honors the stillness and rhythms of nomadic life.

Contents

Foreword / Stevan Harrell

Preface

Acknowledgments

Transcription, Transliteration, and Names

The People

Timeline

1. Getting to Dora Karmo

2. The House and the Tent

3. Life in the Summer Pasture

4. A World of Impermanence

5. The Lama

6. Leaving and Arriving

Glossary

Suggested Reading

Index