Bhutan : ways of knowing /
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| Imprint: | Charlotte, NC : Information Age Pub., ©2008. |
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| Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 304 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11234511 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword; Introduction; Learning to Know, in Bhutan; A Bhutanese Learning Abroad; A Window on Bhutan; The Monastic Education; My Mother and My Daughter; Shared Metaphors, Shared Dreams1; Going to Iskoori; Living with Folklore; Culture and Bhutan; Festivals; The Power of Bhutanese Folk Literature; The Metaphorical World of Archery; The Bhutanese Menu; The Significance of Rimdro in Bhutan; Living by Traditions; Superstition; The Marriage System in Lower Kheng; Being in the Landscape of Bhutan; Traditional Medicine; Farming Practices; Place Names and Their Meaning; Chortens.
- Punakha DzongOrganic Farming in Bhutan; Birds of Bhutan; Food Crops of Bhutan; A Society in Change; Literature in Bhutan; Information Technology and Bhutan; A Cross Cultural Comparison; No Longer the Ploughman's Song; Gha-key (Happiness), Gandhi, and Buddhism; New Arrivals; Beautiful Experiences; List of Authors.