TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lim,Francis Khek Gee
TI  - Imagining the good life: negotiating culture and development in Nepal Himalaya 
T2  - Social sciences in Asia,
SN  - 9789047443377
AV  - HC425.Z7 L365 2008eb
U1  - 306.3095496 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Economic development
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Nepal
KW  - Langtang
KW  - Culture
KW  - Culture and globalization
KW  - Social capital (Sociology)
KW  - Culture et mondialisation
KW  - Népal
KW  - Lāngtāng
KW  - Capital social (Sociologie)
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Anthropology
KW  - Cultural
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Public Policy
KW  - Cultural Policy
KW  - Popular Culture
KW  - fast
KW  - Economic history
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Sozialer Wandel
KW  - gnd
KW  - Tibeter
KW  - Wirtschaftsentwicklung
KW  - Langtang (Nepal)
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - swd
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - gtlm
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-228) and index; 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; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010
N2  - 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
UR  - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=308571
ER  -