Childs G. Tibetan diary. From birth to death and beyond in a Hymalayan valley of Nepal. - Berkeley: Univ. of Calif. Press, 2004. - xi, 217 p.: ill. - ISBN 0-520-24109-6  Место хранения:   033 | Бурятский научный центр | Улан-Удэ | Центральная научная библиотека

Contents

List of Illustrations ......................................... vii Acknowledgments ................................................ ix Prologue ........................................................ i 1. Raising the Curtain .......................................... 7 2. The Lay of the Land ......................................... 19 3. Life Begets Death, Death Begets Life: The Life Course Begins ............................................... 38 4. Adolescent Discord: Family Needs versus Spiritual Deeds ............................................. 56 5. Growing Through Travel: The Pilgrimage for Knowledge and Prestige ...................................... 74 6. The Merits of Matrimony: Commencing the Householder Life .... 98 7. High Peaks and Deep Valleys: The Imponderable Nature of Everyday Life .............................................. 114 8. Anticipating the End of the Life Course: The Anxieties of Old Age ................................................. 129 9. Parting Breaths: Death Is But a Transition ................. 142 10.Transcending Death: Rising Corpses and Reincarnations ...... 157 Appendix: Place Names ......................................... 171 Notes ......................................................... 175 Glossary ...................................................... 189 References .................................................... 195 Index ......................................................... 213 Illustrations MAPS Nubri in Relation to Nepal and Tibet ........................... 20 The Nubri Valley ............................................... 21 FIGURES (Following page 128)