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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Adams, Vincanne, 1959-
Title:
Production of self and body in Sherpa-Tibetan society
Published in: if part or section of a book or monograph
Anthropological approaches to the study of ethnomedicine,
edited by Mark Nichter
Published By: Original publisher
Anthropological approaches to the study of ethnomedicine,
edited by Mark Nichter
Yverdon, Switzerland ; Langhorne, Pa.: Gordon and Breach
Science Publishers. 1992. 149-189 p.
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
Vincanne Adams
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
Human Relations Area Files, 2004. Computer File
Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis.
Sherpa (AK06)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Magical and mental therapy (755);
Theological systems (779);
Prophets and ascetics (792);
Ethnopsychology (828);
Abstract: Brief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Following Foucault's theories of modern bio-power and
governmentality, Adams argues that Buddhist medico-religious practices construct a
subjectivity that resembled that of European modernity and which made possible the rise of
the Tibetan state in the 13th century. He examines the medical practices of the Khumba
Sherpas who are culturally Tibetan, having emigrated to Nepal in the 16th century.
According to Adams, Sherpas have a tripartite notion of self, one that is social, mental,
and physical. Medical practitioners, including shamans (LAWAS) and monks (LAMAS) specialize
which self they treat. The former cure disorders of the 'social' self and the latter those
of the body and consciousness. The division of self into mental and physical components
allowed for mindful discipline of the body in Buddhist ascetic practices and the
self-regulation of people in the theocratic state. Adams discusses the changes in
cosmologies and notions of self between the pre-Buddhist and Buddhist periods, and examines
in detail Buddhist AMCHI medical theory and practice.
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
15
Document ID: HRAF's unique document identifier. The first part is the OWC identifier and the second part is the document number in three digits.
ak06-015
Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs.
Essay
Language: Language that the document is written in
English
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-189)
Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1982, 1986-1987
Evaluation: In this alphanumeric code, the first part designates the type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigene, and so on. The second part is a ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data
Anthropologist-4,5
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
Ian Skoggard ; 2002
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
640-1990
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Nepal and Tibet
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Sherpa (Nepalese people)
