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List of Illustrations 9 Introduction (Martijn van Beek and Fernanda Pirie) 11 Visions of Ladakh: Nicola Grist, 19 April 1957– 26 August 2004 (Sophie Day) 39 I. HISTORICAL TRENDS 51 Corvée transport labour in 19th and early 20th century Ladakh: a study in continuity and change (John Bray) 53 Carpet weaving in Ladakh and the infl uence of Sonam Paljor (Monisha Ahmed) 77 II. REGIONAL IDENTITIES 87 Urbanisation in Kargil and its effects in the Suru valley (Nicola Grist) 89 Distant neighbours either side of the Omasi La: the Zanskarpa and the Bod communities of Paldar (Isabelle Riaboff) 111 III. RITUAL 127 Calculs pour l'ouverture de la bouche de la terre: étude du temps, géomancie et art d ivinatoire au Ladakh (Pascale Dollfus) 129 Small shoes and painted faces: possession states and embodiment in Buddhist Ladakh (Martin A. Mills) 149 Reformulating ingredients: outlines of a contemporary ritual for the consecration of medicines in Ladakh (Laurent Pordié) 163 Dancing in the face of death: Losar celebrations in Photoksar (Fernanda Pirie) 185 IV. KINSHIP AND GENDER 205 Groupes d'unifi liation, parenté et société à maison au Ladakh (le phaspun) (Patrick Kaplanian) 207 Women's narrative lif

Author

van Beek, Martijn; Pirie, Fernanda; Van Beek, Martijn

Language

NL