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Life and Death on Mt. Everest Sherpas and Himalayan Mountaineering / Sherry B. Ortner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ortner, Sherry B., 1941-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sherpa (Nepalese people).
- Mountaineering.
- Mountaineering--Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)--History.
- Asia--Mount Everest.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (392 pages)
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2001], 1999.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- This is an account of the evolving relationship between mountaineers from around the world who journey to test themselves on Mount Everest, and the Sherpas who live in the area.
- Contents:
- Beginning
- Sahibs
- Sherpas
- Monks
- Death
- Men
- Counterculture
- Women
- Reconfigurations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780691074481
- 0691074488
- 9780691211770
- 0691211779
- OCLC:
- 1227050780
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