Book
Sherpas: reflections on change on Himalayan Nepal
University of California Press • Berkeley, Calif. • Published In 1990 • Pages:
By: Fisher, James F..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This monograph traces the impact on contemporary (i.e., 1964-1988) Sherpa society of modern education and mass tourism and to assess the Sherpas' own views on their collective future (p. xxi). The account is based on the author's three field trips to the Solu-Khumbu area in 1964, 1974, and 1978, with an additional brief visit in 1988 to fill in some photographic gaps -- a total time of little more than a year. The data were obtained from Sherpa informants and Fisher's own field observations. Topics covered deal with the Himalayan Schoolhouse Expedition of 1964 in which the author recorded his first impressions of Sherpa society, culture history and developmental change, the effects of education on the native culture, the construction of the airstrip at Lukla as a forerunner of tourism, a projection of the ethnographic future for the area by a sample of informants, and a brief account of life today (i.e., 1964-1988)in Khumbu. Many excellent photographs are included.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Reviews and critiques
- Life history materials
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Settlement patterns
- Labor supply and employment
- Prophets and ascetics
- Ethnosociology
- Education system
- Elementary education
- Liberal arts education
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Sherpa
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2004
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1991
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1964-1988
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1964-1988
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Generally Solu-Khumbu region in northern Nepal
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] James F. Fisher
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Sherpa (Nepalese people)