Other Worlds: Notions of Self and Emotion among the Lohorung Rai
Author:   Charlotte Hardman
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781859731550


Pages:   336
Publication Date:   01 December 2000
Format:   Paperback
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Other Worlds: Notions of Self and Emotion among the Lohorung Rai


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Author:   Charlotte Hardman
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Berg Publishers
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781859731550


ISBN 10:   1859731554
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   01 December 2000
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

l THEORIES IN MY BOOTS 2 PANGMA PEOPLE 3 THE ANCESTORS ARE ANGRY 4 THE SUPERHUMAN WORLD AND KNOWLEDGE OF ILLNESS 5 KNOWLEDGE OF THE PAST FOR THE PRESENT 6 LOHORUNG HOUSES: SAYAAND NUAGI 7 THE PERSON AND THE CYCLE OF LIFE 8 EMOTIONS AND CONCEPTS OF MIND: UNDERSTANDING LOHORUNG BEHAVIOUR AND SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS 9 PERSONHOOD, EMOTIONS AND ETHNOPSYCHOLOGY, CONCLUDING REMARKS

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(This is) a fine and absorbing study which should be read by all those interested in identity formation and culture. Sociology of Health and Illness Three extensives appendices, a bibliography, an index as well as a list of maps and figures and a glossary complement this comprehensive and highly introspective and englightening account of a Tibeto-Burman speaking ethnic group in north-eastern Nepal. This book stands in the tradition of outstanding contributions to ethno-psychology. Internationales Asienforum - International Quarterly for Asian Studies The ethnography is rich and rings true. The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute


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Charlotte Hardman Lecturer in Religion and Contemporary Britain,University of Newcastle upon Tyne

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