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Jahzong - Tibetan Tribal Leader

This novel, in English and Tibetan, is set on the eastern Tibetan Plateau in the era prior to. It traces the life of a young man, Jahzong, from his dramatic childhood, following him in his struggles to unite local warring tribes and bring peace to his people.

 "An electrifying, revelatory experience. In it, we learn much about the lives of Tibetan tribal groups that cannot...

A Multi-ethnic Village in Northeast Tibet: History, Ritual, and Daily Life in Chu cha

Multi-ethnic Chu cha Village in Mchod rten thang Township, Dpa' ris Tibetan Autonomous County, Gansu Province, China is described in terms of location; population; clothing; language; religion; history; and personal, family, and community rituals. Photographs provide additional information. 

A Tewo Tibetan Childhood

Rdo rje tshe brtan describes his childhood in Dredze Village, Yiwa Township, Tewo County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province, China, as well as being a student in Xining City, Qinghai Province.

Asian Highlands Perspectives 21 - All Papers

This is the entire volume of AHP21 in one PDF file. 

Living and Dying at the Feet of the Snowy Mountains: A Contemporary Childhood in Rural Hunan, China

Children in contemporary rural China have experienced an unprecedented moment; amid radical economic and social transformations that have sent their parents to urban centers to earn cash income, children have been left behind to live with older relatives. This fundamental redefining of place, parenting, and living has rarely been written about by the children themselves in English.

Review - Tibetan Buddhists in the Making of Modern China (Chinese Edition)

Review - Labrang Monastery

Review - The Sun Rises

Review - Moving Mountains

Review - Religious Revival in the Tibetan Borderlands

Review - The Complete Works of Zhuang Xueben

Review - Spirits of the Place

Review - Inter-Ethnic Dynamics in Asia

Review - Harnessing Fortune

Review - China's Last Imperial Frontier and The Sichuan Frontier and Tibet

Architecture in The bo, 'Brug chu, and Co ne Counties, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu

Thirty-nine images of architecture in The bo, 'Brug chu, and Co ne counties (Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province, China) are presented. The author also relates his experiences of travelling through the area. 

QQ Destiny

Silent as a Winter Cuckoo

Young Love

Who is to Blame?

A College Student

Set Free by Tragedy

Change, Reputation, and Hair: A Female Rite of Passage in Mtha' ba Village

Cultural change is examined through a case study of a female rite of passage in Mtha' ba Village, Bsang chu County (Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Region, Gansu Province, China). The ritual is described and patterns of social, cultural, economic, and technological change on the Tibetan Plateau are examined. The importance of reputation and competition, as well as the symbolic significance of hair,...

Sacred Dairies, Dairymen, and Buffaloes of the Nilgiri Mountains in South India

Approximately 1,500 Toda people inhabit the Nilgiri Mountains in south India. Arguably the most remarkable characteristic of Toda culture is the sacred nature of the husbandry of herds of long-horned mountain water buffaloes. No other community in India has so single-mindedly focused its ritual attention on one particular animal species. Every important task associated with the buffalo herds...