Book
High religion: a cultural and political history of Sherpa Buddhism
Princeton University Press • Princeton, N.J. • Published In 1989 • Pages:
By: Ortner, Sherry B..
Abstract
This work is a detailed description of the establishment of the first celibate Buddhist monasteries among the Sherpas of Nepal in the early 20th century. Using a combination of ethnographic and oral-history methods, the author attempts to answer the questions of how, by whom, and why these monasteries were founded. Ortner employs the technique of 'practice' anthropology to study the relationship between human intentions and actions on one hand and those structures of culture and society on the other which feed back and emerge from the intentions and actions of others. Ortner's work constitutes a major advance in the knowledge of Sherpa Buddhism as well as in the integration of anthropological and historical modes of analysis.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2004
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- Central Asia
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1991
- Field Date
- 1966-1976
- Coverage Date
- not specified
- Coverage Place
- Khumbu region, northeastern Nepal
- Notes
- [by] Sherry B. Ortner
- Includes bibliographical references (p.225-236)
- LCCN
- 89030337
- LCSH
- Sherpa (Nepalese people)