Tshe dpal rdo rje, with Rin chen rdo rje, G Roche, and CK Stuart. 2009. A Tibetan Girl's Hair Changing Ritual. Asian Highlands Perspectives Volume 5. Xining City: Plateau Publications.
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This is a remarkably careful study of a little known...
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Tshe dpal rdo rje, with Rin chen rdo rje, G Roche, and CK Stuart. 2009. A Tibetan Girl's Hair Changing Ritual. Asian Highlands Perspectives Volume 5. Xining City: Plateau Publications.
ACCLAIM
This is a remarkably careful study of a little known Tibetan coming-of-age ritual as still practiced in rural Amdo, Qinghai Province, China. Structural analysis is complemented by a case study based on observations, interviews, recordings, and authentic folklore material in the original language. Pictures, tables, and a glossary complete the work. This is field anthropology at its best.
---Juha Janhunen, Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Helsinki
The achievements of this book are many: it is analytically rigorous, rich in contextualized detail, and fascinating in subject matter. The authors' diverse backgrounds and strengths are manifested throughout this truly collaborative work which follows a major rite of passage in the life of a thirteen year-old
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