Himalayan Tribal Tales: Oral Tradition and Culture in the Apatani Valley (Brill's Tibetan Studies Library, 16/2)
Himalayan Tribal Tales: Oral Tradition and Culture in the Apatani Valley (Brill's Tibetan Studies Library, 16/2)
Stuart Blackburn
Subjects: Apatani (Indic people) -- Folklore, Apatani (Indic people) -- Social life and customs, Tales -- India -- Arunāchal Pradesh, Oral tradition -- India -- Arunāchal Pradesh, Arunāchal Pradesh (India) -- Social life and customs
Description
Description
Apatani oral tradition, in the eastern Himalayas, illustrates key cultural ideas, social practices and identity construction. A comparative analysis of Apatani stories reveals parallels across the extended eastern Himalayas, from Arunachal Pradesh to upland Southeast Asia and southwest China.
Details
Details
Publisher/Supplier: Brill Academic Pub
Date Published: 2008-10-16
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 9004171339
Language: en
Pages: 281
Length: 6.5 inches,width: 0.75 inches,height: 9.5 inches
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