Muslim Communities And Cultures Of The Himalayas

Author : Jacqueline H. Fewkes,Megan Adamson Sijapati
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780429560064

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Muslim Communities and Cultures of the Himalayas by Jacqueline H. Fewkes,Megan Adamson Sijapati Pdf

This book chronicles individual perspectives and specific iterations of Muslim community, practice, and experience in the Himalayan region to bring into scholarly conversation the presence of varying Muslim cultures in the Himalaya. The Himalaya provide a site of both geographic and cultural crossroads, where Muslim community is simultaneously constituted at multiple social levels, and to that end the essays in this book document a wide range of local, national, and global interests while maintaining a focus on individual perspectives, moments in time, and localized experiences. It presents research that contributes to a broadly conceived notion of the Himalaya that enriches readers’ understandings of both the region and concepts of Muslim community and highlights the interconnections between multiple experiences of Muslim community at local levels. Drawing attention to the cultural, social, artistic, and political diversity of the Himalaya beyond the better understood and frequently documented religio-cultural expressions of the region, this book will be of interest to academics in the fields of Anthropology, Geography, History, Religious Atudies, Asian Studies, and Islamic Studies.

Author : Marie Lecomte-Tilouine
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351588096

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Nature, Culture and Religion at the Crossroads of Asia by Marie Lecomte-Tilouine Pdf

This book explores how ethnic groups living in the Himalayan regions understand nature and culture. The first part addresses the opposition between nature and culture in Asia’s major religious traditions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam and Shamanism. The second part brings together specialists of different representative groups living in the heterogeneous Himalayan region. They examine how these indigenous groups perceive their world. This includes understanding their mythic past, in particular, the place of animals and spirits in the world of humans as they see it and the role of ritual in the everyday lives of these people. The book takes into account how these various perceptions of the Himalayan peoples are shaped by a globalized world. The volume thus provides new ways of viewing the relationship between humans and their environment.

Author : Sophie Day
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000182408

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Rendering Houses in Ladakh by Sophie Day Pdf

Sophie Day explores the houses that are imagined, built, repurposed, and dismantled among different communities in Ladakh, drawing attention to the ways in which houses are like and unlike people.A handful of in-depth ‘house portraits’ are selected for the insight they provide into major regional developments, based on the author’s extended engagement since 1981. Most of these houses are Buddhist and associated with the town of Leh. Drawing on both image and text, collaborative methods for assembling material show the intricate relationships between people and places over the life course. Innovative methods for recording and archiving such as ‘storyboards’ are developed to frame different views of the house. This approach raises analytical questions about the composition of life within and beyond storyboards, offering new ways to understand a region that intrigues specialists and non-specialists alike.

Author : T. N. Madan
Publisher : New Delhi : Vikas Publishing House
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Islam
ISBN : UOM:39015011495119

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Muslim Communities of South Asia by T. N. Madan Pdf

Author : E. Allen Richardson
Publisher : New York : Pilgrim Press
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Social Science
ISBN : IND:39000001887244

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Islamic Cultures in North America by E. Allen Richardson Pdf

Author : C. Michael Hall,Siamak Seyfi,S. Mostafa Rasoolimanesh
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000625943

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Contemporary Muslim Travel Cultures by C. Michael Hall,Siamak Seyfi,S. Mostafa Rasoolimanesh Pdf

This timely volume brings together various issues in Muslim consumer cultures and provides a comprehensive account of Muslim tourism and tourist behaviour. Islam is a major international religion and Muslims are a majority of the population in many countries in Asia, the Middle East and North Africa. The growth of a substantial middle class, the development of Islamic consumer cultures, rising Muslim market consumption in non-Muslim majority destinations and the growing significance of intra-Muslim traffic and rising outbound tourism expenditure in emerging Muslim markets have all contributed to substantial interest in Muslim tourism. However, travel by Muslims is about far more than the Hajj and Umrah, as important as they are as acts of devotion. Instead, although often portrayed in the West as a monolithic religion, Muslim travel and leisure behaviour is very diverse, with different traditions and cultures leading to a range of expressions of tourism-related consumption culture and practices. Drawing on a range of empirical studies undertaken in different social and economic contexts and countries, this book provides a well-balanced portrayal of the Muslim tourism experience and practices. This book makes a substantial contribution to an improved understanding of Muslim travel culture and will be required reading for anyone interested in this fast-growing market.

Author : Todd Thornton Lewis,Theodore Riccardi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015040983051

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The Himalayas by Todd Thornton Lewis,Theodore Riccardi Pdf

Presents an overview of the history, society, and culture of the Himalayan region. Includes information on the Boro, Buksa, Dhimal, Danuwar, Garo, Kachari (Koche), Khasi, Majhi, Mikir, Miri, Naga, Rabha, Rajbanshi, Santal, Tharu, kByangshi, Galong, Kham, Newar, Pahari, Tamang, Ladakh, Zanskar, Lahul-Spiti, Guge, Ngari, Humla, Sikkim, Bhutan, Sherdukpen ethnic groups.

Author : Carol R. Ember,Melvin Ember
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1059 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2003-12-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780306477706

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Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender by Carol R. Ember,Melvin Ember Pdf

The central aim of this encyclopedia is to give the reader a comparative perspective on issues involving conceptions of gender, gender differences, gender roles, relationships between the genders, and sexuality. The encyclopedia is divided into two volumes: Topics and Cultures. The combination of topical overviews and varying cultural portraits is what makes this encyclopedia a unique reference work for students, researchers and teachers interested in gender studies and cross-cultural variation in sex and gender. It deserves a place in the library of every university and every social science and health department. Contents:- Glossary. Cultural Conceptions of Gender. Gender Roles, Status, and Institutions. Sexuality and Male-Female Interaction. Sex and Gender in the World's Cultures. Culture Name Index. Subject Index.

Author : Dan Smyer Yü,Erik de Maaker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000397581

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Environmental Humanities in the New Himalayas by Dan Smyer Yü,Erik de Maaker Pdf

Environmental Humanities in the New Himalayas: Symbiotic Indigeneity, Commoning, Sustainability showcases how the eco-geological creativity of the earth is integrally woven into the landforms, cultures, and cosmovisions of modern Himalayan communities. Unique in scope, this book features case studies from Bhutan, Assam, Sikkim, Tibet, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sino-Indian borderlands, many of which are documented by authors from indigenous Himalayan communities. It explores three environmental characteristics of modern Himalayas: the anthropogenic, the indigenous, and the animist. Focusing on the sentient relations of human-, animal-, and spirit-worlds with the earth in different parts of the Himalayas, the authors present the complex meanings of indigeneity, commoning and sustainability in the Anthropocene. In doing so, they show the vital role that indigenous stories and perspectives play in building new regional and planetary environmental ethics for a sustainable future. Drawing on a wide range of expert contributions from the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanist disciplines, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of environmental humanities, religion and ecology, indigenous knowledge and sustainable development more broadly.

Author : Jyoti Prakash Tamang
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2009-08-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1420093258

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Himalayan Fermented Foods by Jyoti Prakash Tamang Pdf

The magnificent Himalayan Mountains, the highest in the world and home to the famed Mount Everest and K2, are also imbued with a rich diversity of ethnic fermented foods. Dr. Jyoti Prakash Tamang, one of the leading authorities on food microbiology, has studied Himalayan fermented foods and beverages for the last twenty-two years. His comprehensive volume, Himalayan Fermented Foods: Microbiology, Nutrition, and Ethnic Values catalogs the great variety of common as well as lesser-known fermented foods and beverages in the Himalayan region. This volume begins with an introduction to the Himalayas and the Himalayan food culture. Using a consistent format throughout the book, Dr. Tamang discusses fermented vegetables, legumes, milk, cereals, fish and meat products, and alcoholic beverages. Each chapter explores indigenous knowledge of preparation, culinary practices, and microorganisms for each product. Additional information on microbiology and nutritive value supplements each section, and discussions on ethnic food history and values as well as future prospects for these foods complete the coverage. Dr. Tamang demonstrates that fermentation remains an effective, inexpensive method for extending the shelf life of foods and increasing their nutritional content through probiotic function, and therefore remains a valuable practice for developing countries and rural communities with limited facilities.

Author : Jelle J.P. Wouters,Michael T. Heneise
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2022-08-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000598582

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Routledge Handbook of Highland Asia by Jelle J.P. Wouters,Michael T. Heneise Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of Highland Asia is the first comprehensive and critical overview of the ethnographic and anthropological work in Highland Asia over the past half a century. Opening up a grand new space for critical engagement, the handbook presents Highland Asia as a world-region that cuts across the traditional divides inherited from colonial and Cold War area divisions - the Indian Subcontinent/South Asia, Southeast Asia, China/East Asia, and Central Asia. Thirty-two chapters assess the history of research, identify ethnographic trends, and evaluate a range of analytical themes that developed in particular settings of Highland Asia. They cover varied landscapes and communities, from Kyrgyzstan to India, from Bhutan to Vietnam and bring local voices and narratives relating trade and tribute, ritual and resistance, pilgrimage and prophecy, modernity and marginalization, capital and cosmos to the fore. The handbook shows that for millennia, Highland Asians have connected far-flung regions through movements of peoples, goods and ideas, and at all times have been the enactors, repositories, and mediators of world-historical processes. Taken together, the contributors and chapters subvert dominant lowland narratives by privileging primarily highland vantages that reveal Highland Asia as an ecumune and prism that refracts and generates global history, social theory, and human imagination. In the currently unfolding Asian Century, this compels us to reorient and re-envision Highland Asia, in ethnography, in theory, and in the connections between this world-region, made of hills, highlands and mountains, and a planetary context. The handbook reveals both regional commonalities and diversities, generalities and specificities, and a broad orientation to key themes in the region. An indispensable reference work, this handbook fills a significant gap in the literature and will be of interest to academics, researchers and students interested in Highland Asia, Zomia Studies, Anthropology, Comparative Politics, Conceptual History and Sociology, Southeast Asian Studies, Central Asian Studies and South Asian Studies as well as Asian Studies in general.

Author : Abha Chauhan
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811615986

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Understanding Culture and Society in India by Abha Chauhan Pdf

This book is an in-depth account of people’s cultural and religious life in the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It brings out the significance of Sufi and deity shrines as alternative places of worship that give meaning and purpose to people’s lives. It includes sites and practices commonly associated with Islam/Sufism and Hinduism as spaces of shared culture. Most of the existing literature of Jammu and Kashmir is on Kashmir focusing mostly on topics such as politics, state, identity, conflict or violence. This book proposes to go beyond these works by delimiting the focus and area of the study to culture, society and religion. It explores the sites of religious pluralism and tolerance in the violence-ridden territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The chapters are mainly based on ethnographic data collected through qualitative methods like observation – participant and non-participant, case studies, in-depth interviews and oral history. The book is of interest to researchers, both faculty and graduate students, in the areas of sociology of religion, social anthropology, religious studies, cultural studies, Sufism, shrines and deity worship in South Asia.

Author : Andrea L. Stanton,Edward Ramsamy,Carolyn M. Elliott,Peter J. Seybolt
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 1977 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781412981767

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Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, and Africa by Andrea L. Stanton,Edward Ramsamy,Carolyn M. Elliott,Peter J. Seybolt Pdf

These volumes convey what daily life is like in the Middle East, Asia and Africa. Entries will aid readers in understanding the importance of cultural sociology, to appreciate the effects of cultural forces around the world.

Author : Dinesh Chandra Ray,Srikanta Roy Chowdhury
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000828801

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Darjeeling by Dinesh Chandra Ray,Srikanta Roy Chowdhury Pdf

History has always dealt with people, yet often gazing at the people from the perspectives of the non-people – colonizers, intruders, outsiders and the privileged elite insiders – who seem to have internalized the ‘mainstream’ perspective framed by the outsiders. In this context a group of scholars working on Darjeeling felt that there was a need for an inclusive people’s history of the Darjeeling hills. The present volume tries to fill this gap of the missing voices of the people of the Darjeeling hills and their cultures through re-writing inclusive history of society and culture from ‘below’, not only by de­coding the elements that are treated as tradition, but also the trans­formations in the realms of arts and ecology. For, the tribal-scape of the Darjeeling hills is not a static/frozen zone and the people (hence, the geo-space) are in continuous transition from traditional beings towards becoming neo-traditional. Accepting history as constantly ‘extra mural’ the objectives of the book are to focus on un­documented histories related to harmony, intimacy, belongingness and environ­mental care and thereby, interact the living with what is often projected as ‘dead’, by rejecting to abide by any given set of references as the final/‘scientific’/authentic and, thereby, opening up with other kinds of historical dialogue with the understated historical items that are accessible in Darjeeling. Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the print version of this book in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Muslims
ISBN : UOM:39015061011782

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Marginal Muslim Communities in India by Anonim Pdf

Ethnographic profiles of lesser known Muslim communities in various parts of India.