Other Worlds: Notions of Self and Emotion among the Lohorung Rai

by Charlotte Hardman and Charlotte E. Hardman

Book Overview

This important ethnographic study explores the world-view of the Lohorung Rai, a hill tribe of about 3,000 members living in Eastern Nepal. These rice farmers have a tradition of migration combined with hunting and gathering. By examining Lohorung concepts and their discourse on self and emotion, this book explores the way in which ancestral influence dominates the daily lives and rituals of the Lohorung. It explores the 'other world' of the Lohorung...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1859731554
• ISBN13: 9781859731550
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.2"