| Other author/creator | Hillary, Edmund, 1919-2008. |
| Included Work | Adams, Vincanne, 1959- Dreams of a final Sherpa. |
| Included Work | Adams, Vincanne, 1959- Production of self and body in Sherpa-Tibetan society. |
| Included Work | Brower, Barbara Anne. Livestock and landscape. |
| Included Work | Fisher, James F. Sherpas. |
| Included Work | Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995 Himalayan traders. Selections. |
| Included Work | Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995 Sherpas of Nepal. |
| Included Work | Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995 Sherpas of the Khumbu region. |
| Included Work | Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995 Sherpas transformed. |
| Included Work | Jerstad, Luther G. Mani-rimdu, Sherpa dance drama. |
| Included Work | Kunwar, Ramesh Raj. Fire of Himal. |
| Included Work | Mühlich, Michael. Waterspirits and the position of women among the Sherpa. |
| Included Work | Ortner, Sherry B., 1941- High religion. |
| Included Work | Ortner, Sherry B., 1941- Sherpa purity. |
| Included Work | Ortner, Sherry B., 1941- Sherpas through their rituals. |
| Included Work | Paul, Robert A. Recruitment to monasticism among the Sherpas. |
| Included Work | Paul, Robert A. Tibetan symbolic world, psychoanalytic explorations. |
| Included Work | Paul, Robert A. Place of truth in Sherpa law and religion. |
| Included Work | Stevens, Stanley F. Sherpa settlement and subsistance: cultural ecology and history in highland Nepal. |
| Included Work | Weitz, Charles A. Biocultural adaptations of the high altitude Sherpas of Nepal. |
| Other author/creator | Human Relations Area Files, inc. |
| Series | eHRAF world cultures. Asia EHRAF world cultures. Asia. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Contents |
Dreams of a final Sherpa ; Production of self and body in Sherpa-Tibetan society / Vincanne Adams -- Livestock and landscape, the Sherpa pastoral system in Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) National Park, Nepal / Barbara Anne Brower -- Sherpas, reflections on change on Himalayan Nepal / James F. Fisher with a foreword by Sir Edmund Hillary -- Himalayan traders, life in highland Nepal ; The Sherpas of Nepal, Buddhist highlanders ; The Sherpas of the Khumbu region ; The Sherpas transformed, social change in a Buddhist society of Nepal / Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf -- Mani-rimdu, Sherpa dance drama / Luther G. Jerstad -- Fire of Himal, an anthropological study of the Sherpas of Nepal Himalayan region / Ramesh Raj Kunwar -- The waterspirits and the position of women among the Sherpa / Michael Mühlich -- High religion, a cultural and political history of Sherpa Buddhism ; Sherpa purity ; Sherpas through their rituals / Sherry B. Ortner -- Recruitment to monasticism among the Sherpas ; The Tibetan symbolic world, psychoanalytic explorations ; The place of truth in Sherpa law and religion / Robert A. Paul -- Cultural summary, Sherpa / Robert A. Paul, Ian Skoggard, and John Beierle -- Sherpa settlement and subsistance / Stanley Francis Stevens -- Biocultural adaptations of the high altitude Sherpas of Nepal / Charles A. Weitz. |
| Abstract |
The Sherpa are a Tibetan-speaking people who moved into the valleys of eastern Nepal in the middle of the sixteenth century. They survived as traders transporting goods by Yak across the Himalayas, linking the markets of China to Nepal and India. This collection of 19 documents about the Sherpa covers a period from the 1950s to 1990s. The Sherpa environment, religion, and social change have received the most attention by these authors. |
| General note | Title from Web page (viewed Apr. 28, 2008). |
| General note | This portion of eHRAF world cultures was released in 2004 and is a revision and update of the microfiche file. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |