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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453802003321

Autore

Thargyal Rinzin

Titolo

Nomads of eastern Tibet [[electronic resource] ] : social organization and economy of a pastoral estate in the kingdom of Dege / / by Rinzin Thargyal ; edited by Toni Huber

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2007

ISBN

1-281-92649-3

9786611926496

90-474-2168-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 p.)

Collana

Brill's Tibetan studies library, , 1568-6183 ; ; v. 15

Altri autori (Persone)

HuberToni <1956->

Disciplina

305.9/06918095138

Soggetti

Nomads - China - Dege Xian - Social life and customs

Nomads - China - Dege Xian - Economic conditions

Herding - China - Dege Xian

Social structure - China - Dege Xian

Electronic books.

Dege Xian (China) Social life and customs

Dege Xian (China) Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-215) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The genesis of Zilphukhog -- Labour service -- Animal husbandry -- Trade and peripheral incomes -- Strategic transhumance -- Household organization -- Marriage and kinship -- Birth and death -- The political environment -- Social organization.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents the first comprehensive anthropological account of premodern Tibetan pastoral economy and social organization in the Kham region of eastern Tibet. It offers a uniquely fine-grained descriptive portrait of traditional Tibetan rural life among nomads in the kingdom of Dege. Based upon extensive ethnographic interviews, this study yields a nuanced analysis of the most crucial and controversial relationship in premodern Tibetan societies, namely, that ensuing between local lords and their dependents. It convincingly readdresses anthropological debates and political claims about



feudalism or serfdom in Tibetan societies from a perspective that is more sensitive to local historical, social, and economic contexts.