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Dreams of a final Sherpaarticle 1997 • Adams, Vincanne
Sherpa • Asia > Central Asia
In this paper Adams analyses a Sherpa curing ceremony in order to understand Sherpa notions of self and reality. He also examines the relationship between Sherpas and foreigners, including anthropologists. Sherpa curing ceremonies involve bringing to...Production of self and body in Sherpa-Tibetan societyessay 1992 • Adams, Vincanne
Sherpa • Asia > Central Asia
Following Foucault's theories of modern bio-power and governmentality, Adams argues that Buddhist medico-religious practices construct a subjectivity that resembled that of European modernity and which made possible the rise of the Tibetan state in t...