In the Circle of White Stones: Moving through Seasons with Nomads of Eastern Tibet

by Gillian G. Tan

Book Overview

This narrative of subsistence on the Tibetan plateau describes the life-worlds of people in a region traditionally known as Kham who move with their yaks from pasture to pasture, depending on the milk production of their herd for sustenance. Gillian Tan's story, based on her own experience of living through seasonal cycles with the people of Dora Karmo between 2006 and 2013, examines the community's powerful relationship with a Buddhist lama and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295999470
• ISBN13: 9780295999470
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"