Imagining the good life : negotiating culture and development in Nepal Himalaya / by Francis Khek Gee Lim.
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TextSeries: Social sciences in Asia ; v. 20.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 234 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type: - text
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- Economic development -- Social aspects -- Nepal -- Langtang
- Culture
- Culture and globalization -- Nepal -- Langtang
- Social capital (Sociology) -- Nepal -- Langtang
- Langtang (Nepal) -- Economic conditions
- Langtang (Nepal) -- Social conditions
- Culture et mondialisation -- Népal -- Lāngtāng
- Capital social (Sociologie) -- Népal -- Lāngtāng
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture
- Culture
- Culture and globalization
- Economic development -- Social aspects
- Economic history
- Social capital (Sociology)
- Social conditions
- Nepal -- Langtang
- Sozialer Wandel
- Tibeter
- Wirtschaftsentwicklung
- Langtang
- Tibeter
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- HC425.Z7 L365 2008eb
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-228) and index.
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Contents; List of Tables; List of Maps and Photographs; Acknowledgements; Chapter One Introduction: In Pursuit of the Good Life; Chapter Two Zombie Slayers in a 'Hidden Valley'; Chapter Three Crossing Borders; Chapter Four Being in the World and the Rituals of Life; Chapter Five Embedding Bikäs in Everyday Life; Chapter Six Romantic Dreams and Practical Lives; Chapter Seven The Morality of Well-being; Chapter Eight Conclusion: Place, History and the Good Life; Glossary of Terms; References; Index.
Combining ethnographic research and theoretical reflections on the pursuit of the good life in a Tibetan community in the Nepal Himalaya, this book offers a perspective in seeking to understand contemporary experience of development and globalization.
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