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Meeting the "other" : living in the present : gender and sustainability in Bhutan / Rieki Crins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Crins, Rieki, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bhutan--Social life and customs.
- Bhutan.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (216 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Delft, [Netherlands] : Eburon, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Nestled amid the eastern end of the Himalayas is the peaceful and democratic nation of Bhutan an isolated country that has remained for centuries a mystery to outsiders. With "Meeting the Other, " cultural anthropologist Rieki Crins recounts her fifteen-year sojourn in one of Bhutan s most remote villages and unveils a deeply spiritual culture that defines sustainability as an experience where life is lived in the present and where gender is conceived of as part and parcel of the cosmos."
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 90-5972-873-4
- OCLC:
- 878145613
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