Long Lives and Untimely Deaths
Author:   Barbara Gerke
Publisher:   Brill Academic Publishers
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9781283395861


Pages:   387
Publication Date:   01 January 2011
Format:   Electronic book text
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Long Lives and Untimely Deaths


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How do Tibetans in India's Darjeeling Hills understand the life-span and various life-forces that influence longevity? This book analyses ethnographic and textual material demonstrating how Tibetans utilise temporal frameworks in medical, astrological, divinatory, and ritual contexts to locate and reckon life-forces influencing their life-spans.

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Author:   Barbara Gerke
Publisher:   Brill Academic Publishers
Imprint:   Brill Academic Publishers
ISBN:  

9781283395861


ISBN 10:   128339586
Pages:   387
Publication Date:   01 January 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Electronic book text
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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