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This is the study of a small group of Tibetan Buddhists called the Nyishangba who have maintained an egalitarian culture, where women own land and have equal rights, including in social and religious institutions, and where the usual subordination of women does not appear to occur.

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Drawing threads of individual oral histories together with detailed ethnographic inquiry, Watkins weaves a colorful background to her analysis of gender relations among the Nyeshangte of the Nepal Himalaya... The author traces through the history of the Nyeshangte people, their traditional trading practices and the historical and modern factors which have transformed their way of life. Royal Society for Asian Affairs

Spirited Women Gender Religion and Cultural

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      Publisher: Columbia University Press
      Publication Date: 23/05/1996
      ISBN13: 9780231102155, 978-0231102155
      ISBN10: 0231102151
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      Gender studies: women and girls Human rights, civil rights Buddhism

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This is the study of a small group of Tibetan Buddhists called the Nyishangba who have maintained an egalitarian culture, where women own land and have equal rights, including in social and religious institutions, and where the usual subordination of women does not appear to occur.

      Trade Review
      Drawing threads of individual oral histories together with detailed ethnographic inquiry, Watkins weaves a colorful background to her analysis of gender relations among the Nyeshangte of the Nepal Himalaya... The author traces through the history of the Nyeshangte people, their traditional trading practices and the historical and modern factors which have transformed their way of life. Royal Society for Asian Affairs

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