Modern Ladakh

Beek, Martijn van / Pirie, Fernanda (Hrsg.):
Modern Ladakh : anthropological perspectives on continuity and change / edited by Martijn van Beek and Fernanda Pirie. - Leiden : Brill, 2008. - x, 311 S. : Ill., Kt. - (Brill's Tibetan studies library ; 20)
ISBN 978-90-04-16713-1 / 90-04-16713-7
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Beschreibung
The modern history of Ladakh has been profoundly shaped by influences from South Asia and beyond. In detailed empirical case-studies the contributors document and analyse change and continuities in this region brought about by colonialism, independence and modernisation. In an introductory review essay highlighting emerging themes and continuing debates in the scholarship on Ladakh, the editors argue for the need to situate Ladakh in an Indian and South Asian context, while also taking into account its cultural, linguistic and historical ties with Tibet. Studies from the neighbouring (sub)regions of Kargil, Ladakh, Zangskar and Baltistan are brought together to make an important contribution to the anthropological and sociological literature on development and modernity, as well as to Ladakh, Tibetan and South Asian studies. [Verlagsinformation]

Inhalt
List of Illustrations. ix
Martin van Beek / Fernanda Pirie: Introduction. 1
Sophie Day: Visions of Ladakh: Nicola Grist, 19 April 1957 - 26 August 2004. 29
I. HISTORICAL TRENDS
1. John Bray: Corvée transport labour in 19th and early 20th century, Ladakh: a study in continuity and change. 43
2. Monisha Ahmed: Carpet weaving in Ladakh and the influence of Sonam Paljor. 67
II. REGIONAL IDENTITIES
3. Nicola Grist: Urbanisation in Kargil and its effects in the Suru valley. 79
4. Isabelle Riaboff: Distant neighbours either side of the Omasi La: the Zanskarpa and the Bod communities of Paldar. 101
III. RITUAL
5. Pascale Dollfus: Calculs pour l'ouverture de la bouche de la terre: étude du temps, géomancie et art divinatoire au Ladakh. 119
6. Martin A. Mills: Small shoes and painted faces: possession states and embodiment in Buddhist Ladakh. 139
7. Laurent Pordié: Reformulating ingredients: outlines of a contemporary ritual for the consecretation of medicines in Ladakh. 153
8. Fernanda Pirie: Dancing in the face of death: Losar celebrations in Photoksar. 175
IV. KINSHIP AND GENDER
9. Patrick Kaplanian: Groupes d'unifiliation, parenté et société à maison du Ladakh (le phasphun). 197
10. Nancy P. Chin, Tim Dye and Richard Lee: Women's narrative life histories: implications for maternal and child health in Ladakh. 229
V. ACRICULTURE
11. Matthias Schmidt: Land use and administration and land rights in Shigar, Baltistan. 243
12. J. Seb Mankelow: The introduction of modern chemical fertiliser to the Zanskar valley, Ladakh. 267
13. Sunandan Tiwari and Radhika Gupta: Changing currents: an ethnography of the traditional irrigation practices of Leh town. 281
List of Contributors. 301
Index. 305

Herausgeber
MARTIJN VAN BEEK, Ph.D. (1996) in Development Sociology, Cornell University, is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Aarhus. He has published widely on development, politics and Buddhist-Muslim relations in Ladakh, and is a former editor of Ladakh Studies. Faculty profile.
FERNANDA PIRIE, D.Phil. (2002) in Anthropology, University of Oxford, is a University Lecturer in socio-legal studies at the University of Oxford. She is the author of Peace and Conflict in Ladakh (Brill, 2007). Profile page.

Quellen: Brill; Amazon (Deutschland); WorldCat.
Schlagwörter: Ladakh; Sozialwesen; Ethnologie