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"Tan's curiosity about pastoral culture and language is obvious in her reported observations and experiences. . . . The author's use of detail could not have been imagined, but only have come from lived experience. . . . I thoroughly enjoyed reading In the Circle of White Stones and its depiction of the reality of a Tibetan herding way of life."

-- Konchok Gelek * Asian Highlands Perspectives *

"This charming book chronicles daily life among nomadic pastoralists in eastern Tibet, in China’s Sichuan Province. . . . Tan describes pastoralist life from the perspective of the women who inhabit one of the Tibetans’ tents, with whom she built up close relations. . . . [and] provides valuable insight into a threatened way of life."

* Journal of Asian Studies *

Table of Contents

Foreword / Stevan Harrell
Preface
Acknowledgments

Transcription, Transliteration, and Names
The People
Timeline

1. Getting to Dora Karmo
2. The House and the Tent
3. Life in the Summer Pasture
4. A World of Impermanence
5. The Lama
6. Leaving and Arriving

Glossary
Suggested Reading
Index

In the Circle of White Stones

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    A Paperback / softback by Gillian G. Tan, Stevan Harrell

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      Publisher University of Washington Press
      Published 1 December 2016
      ISBN-13 9780295999487
      978-0295999487
      ISBN-10 0295999489
      Also in:
      Social and cultural anthropology Tibetan Buddhism

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review

      "Tan's curiosity about pastoral culture and language is obvious in her reported observations and experiences. . . . The author's use of detail could not have been imagined, but only have come from lived experience. . . . I thoroughly enjoyed reading In the Circle of White Stones and its depiction of the reality of a Tibetan herding way of life."

      -- Konchok Gelek * Asian Highlands Perspectives *

      "This charming book chronicles daily life among nomadic pastoralists in eastern Tibet, in China’s Sichuan Province. . . . Tan describes pastoralist life from the perspective of the women who inhabit one of the Tibetans’ tents, with whom she built up close relations. . . . [and] provides valuable insight into a threatened way of life."

      * Journal of Asian Studies *

      Table of Contents

      Foreword / Stevan Harrell
      Preface
      Acknowledgments

      Transcription, Transliteration, and Names
      The People
      Timeline

      1. Getting to Dora Karmo
      2. The House and the Tent
      3. Life in the Summer Pasture
      4. A World of Impermanence
      5. The Lama
      6. Leaving and Arriving

      Glossary
      Suggested Reading
      Index

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