Himalayan Anthropology: The Indo-Tibetan Interface. Edited by James F. Fisher (The Hague, Paris: De Gruyter Mouton, 1978, reprint 2011).
Contents
General Editor’s Preface, pp. V–VIII
Foreword, pp. IX–XVI
Introduction JAMES F. FISHER, pp. 1–4
SECTION ONE GENERAL ISSUES
Fourfold Classifications of Society in the Himalayas N. J. ALLEN, pp. 7–26
Kinship and Culture in the Himalayan Region RICHARD W. MOODEY, pp.27–36
Cultural Implications of Tibetan History CHIE NAKANE, pp.37–42
Homo hierarchicus Nepalensis: A Cultural Subspecies JAMES F. FISHER, pp.43–52
Hierarchy or Stratification? Two Case Studies from Nepal and East Africa A. PATRICIA CAPLAN, pp.53–66
Himalayan Research: What, Whither, and Whether GERALD D. BERREMAN, pp.67–74
SECTION TWO THE SOUTH ASIAN PERSPECTIVE
Actual and Ideal Himalayas: Hindu Views of the Mountains AGEHANANDA BHARATI, pp.77–82
Stratification and Religion in a Himalayan Society MANIS KUMAR RAHA, pp.83–102
Changing Patterns of Multiethnic Interaction in the Western Himalayas FRANCES L. NITZBERG, pp.103–110
An Additional Perspective on the Nepali Caste System JOHN T. HITCHCOCK, pp.111–120
Maiti-Ghar: The Dual Role of High Caste Women in Nepal LYNN BENNETT, pp.121–140
Dhikurs: Rotating Credit Associations in Nepal DONALD A. MESSERSCHMIDT, pp.141–166
The Role of the Priest in Sunuwar Society ALAN FOURNIER, pp.167–178
A New Rural Elite in Central Nepal ANDRÁS HÖFER, pp.179–186
Nepalis in Tibet DOR BAHADUR BISTA, pp.187–204
Modernizing a Traditional Administrative System: Sikkim 1890-1973 LEO E. ROSE, pp.205–226
Bureaucracy and Bureaucrats: A Few Themes Drawn from the Nepal Experience MERRILL R. GOODALL, pp.227–230
SECTION THREE THE CENTRAL ASIAN PERSPECTIVE
The Retention of Pastoralism among the Kirghiz of the Afghan Pamirs M. NAZIF SHAHRANI, pp.233–250
Correlation of Contradictions: A Tibetan Semantic Device ROBERT B. EKVALL, pp.251–262
The White-Black Ones: The Sherpa View of Human Nature SHERRY B. ORTNER, pp.263–286
Tibetan Oracles PETER PRINCE OF GREECE AND DENMARK, pp.287–298
Some Aspects of Pön CHÖGYAM TRUNGPA, pp.299–308
Tibetan Bon Rites in China: A Case of Cultural Diffusion ANTHONY JACKSON, pp.309–326
The Saintly Madman in Tibet JOHN ARDUSSI and LAWRENCE EPSTEIN, pp.327–338
Trans-Himalayan Traders in Transition CHRISTOPH VON FÜRER-HAIMENDORF, pp.339–358
Tibetan Communities of the High Valleys of Nepal: Life in an Exceptional Environment and Economy CORNEILLE JEST, pp.359–364
Tibetan Culture and Personality: Refugee Responses to a Culture-Bound TAT BEATRICE D. MILLER, pp.365–394
Εthnogenesis and Resource Competition among Tibetan Refugees in South India: A New Face to the Indo-Tibetan Interface MELVYN C. GOLDSTEIN, pp.395–420
The “Abominable Snowman”: Himalayan Religion and Folklore from the Lepchas of Sikkim H. SIIGER, pp.421–430
SECTION FOUR PERSPECTIVES MERGED: THE NEWARS
Notes on the Origins of the Newars of the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal VICTOR S. DOHERTY, pp.433–446
Symbolic Fields in Nepalese Religious Iconography: A Preliminary Investigation RUTH L. SCHMIDT, pp.447–460
Intercaste Relations in a Newar Community GÉRARD TOFFIN, pp.461–482
The Role of the Priest in Newar Society STEPHEN MICHAEL GREENWOLD, pp.483–504
Structure and Change of a Newari Festival Organization HIROSHI ISHII, pp.505–528
A Descriptive Analysis of the Content of Nepalese Buddhist Pūjās as a Medical-Cultural System with References to Tibetan Parallels, pp.529–538
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