Sherpas Through Their Rituals

Name: Sherpas Through Their Rituals
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ISBN: 9780521292160

ISBN-10: 0521292166

ISBN-13: 9780521292160

Edition: 1978

Authors: Sherry B. Ortner

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The Sherpas of the Himalayas practice Tibetan Buddhism, a variety of Mahayana Buddhism that has never before been studied in its social setting by an anthropologist. This book is at once a general interpretation of Sherpa culture, an examination of the relationship between the Sherpas' Buddhism and other aspects of their society, and a theoretical contribution to the study of ritual and religious symbolism. In analyzing the symbols of Sherpa rituals, professor Ortner leads us toward the discovery of conflict, contradiction, and stress in the wider social and cultural world. Following a general ethnographic sketch, each chapter opens with a brief description of a ritual. The ritual is then…

Book details

List price: $27.99
Copyright year: 1978
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 4/14/1978
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Preface



Introduction: some notes on ritual



The surface contours of the Sherpa world



Nyungne: problems of marriage, family and asceticism



Hospitality: problems of exchange, status and authority



Exorcisms: problems of wealth, pollution and reincarnation



Offering rituals: problems of religion, anger and social cooperation



Conclusions: Buddhism and society


Notes


Bibliography


Index