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High Religion: A Cultural and Political History of Sherpa Buddhism Paperback / softback - 1989
by Sherry B. Ortner
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- Title High Religion: A Cultural and Political History of Sherpa Buddhism
- Author Sherry B. Ortner
- Binding Paperback / softback
- Edition [ Edition: Reprt
- Condition New
- Pages 269
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Princeton University Press, Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date 1989-09-21
- Bookseller's Inventory # A9780691028439
- ISBN 9780691028439 / 0691028435
- Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
- Dimensions 9.24 x 6.12 x 0.67 in (23.47 x 15.54 x 1.70 cm)
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Themes
- Religious Orientation: Buddhist
- Library of Congress subjects Sherpa (Nepalese people), Buddhism - Nepal
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 89030337
- Dewey Decimal Code 294.392
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From the rear cover
An eminent anthropologist examines the foundings of the first celibate Buddhist monasteries among the Sherpas of Nepal in the early twentieth century a religious development that was a major departure from 'folk' or 'popular' Buddhism. Sherry Ortner is the first to integrate social scientific and historical modes of analysis in a study of the Sherpa monasteries and one of the very few to attempt such an account for Buddhist monasteries anywhere.