Waiting at the mountain pass : coming to terms with solitude, decline, and death in Tibetan exile / Harmandeep Kaur Gill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gill, Harmandeep Kaur, Author.

Series:

Contemporary ethnography http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/5a22806c-082d-4f6f-c2d1-0aadcc9a0674

Contemporary ethnography

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tibetans--Migrations--India--Dharmsāla.

Tibetans.

Exiles--India--Dharmsāla--Social life and customs.

Exiles.

Older people--India--Dharmsāla--Social life and customs.

Older people.

Older people--Care--India--Dharmsāla.

Aging--Anthropological aspects--India--Dharmsāla.

Aging.

Exile (Punishment)--India--Dharmsāla--Psychological aspects.

Exile (Punishment).

Death--Religious aspects--Buddhism.

Death.

Buddhism and culture--India--Dharmsāla.

Buddhism and culture.

Dharmsāla (India)--Social conditions.

Dharmsāla (India).

Genre:

Ethnographies.

Physical Description:

xxix, 281 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Philadelphia Press, [2025]

Summary:

"This book offers an intimate meditation on aging and dying among elderly exiled Tibetans living in Dharamsala, India. Through close-drawn portraits of these elders, readers walk with them through the heartaches and hopes of facing death alone and on a foreign soil"--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Exile

Melancholia

Desperation

Nostalgia

Acceptance.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-265) and index.

ISBN:

9781512827361

1512827363

9781512827354

1512827355

OCLC:

1506740222

Publisher Number:

90104359414