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Commoners and nobles : hereditary divisions in Tibet

Authors:Heidi Fjeld, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies

Summary:Written by one of the few scholars who has been able to conduct long-term fieldwork in the Tibetan Autonomous Region, this study explores how Tibetans manoeuvre within two contradictory value systems values associated with traditional Tibet on the one side and socialist China on the other balancing between ideals and pragmatism.

eBook, English, 2003

Edition:View all formats and editions

Publisher: NIAS, Copenhagen, 2003

Series:

NIAS monograph, 96

Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 170 pages) : illustrations

ISBN:

9788776945244, 8776945243

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:758384977

Subjects:

Aristocracy (Social class)

Aristocracy (Social class) China Tibet Autonomous Region

China Tibet Autonomous Region

Classes sociales Chine Région autonome du Tibet

Région autonome du Tibet (Chine) Conditions sociales

Région autonome du Tibet (Chine) Politique sociale

SOCIAL SCIENCE Social Classes

Social classes China Tibet Autonomous Region

Social conditions

Tibet Autonomous Region (China) Social conditions

Tibet Autonomous Region (China) Social policy

Additional Physical Form Entry:

Print version:

Commoners and nobles.

Contents:

Introduction

Social categories

Expressions of rank in daily life

Marriage

Keepers of cultural knowledge

The value of inherited knowledge

Morality and rank

Conclusion

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