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Exhibits that rare combination of meticulous historical research and lively prose in recounting a tale that is sure to intrigue readers. -- Holly Gayley Buddhadharma Fall 2008 A significant contribution to Tibetan cultural history and gender studies. -- Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa Journal of the American Academy of Religion Vol 77, No 4 There are too many points of interest in this brilliant and often innovating book to be mentioned here. Historian 10/1/10

Exhibits that rare combination of meticulous historical research and lively prose in recounting a tale that is sure to intrigue readers. -- Holly Gayley, Buddhadharma A significant contribution to Tibetan cultural history and gender studies. -- Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa, Journal of the American Academy of Religion

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Hildegard Diemberger is director of the Tibetan Studies Programme at the Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge, and is a research associate of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and of the Italian Ev-K2-CNR committee. She has published extensively on the anthropology of Tibet and the Himalayan regions and, with Pasang Wangdu, has co-authored the translations of the Shel dkar chos 'byung and the dBa' bzhed.

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