Modernization in Eastern Tibet: Leviathan the Forager (ISSN)

By: Su Hu

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Synopsis: Using ethnographic materials and documents from East Tibetan villages, this book addresses the impact of modernization on everyday life and the ways in which it melds with traditional forms of knowledge to create a new Tibetan identity and scientific rationality.Including cases centred on meteorology, geography, and seismology, the book assesses a wide range of traditional local activities, including foraging, farming, and domestic practices, and argues that and demonstrates how science, technology, and ideas about modernity have all influenced these activities. It highlights that when inconsistencies among different knowledges emerge, modernization can create inconsistent assemblages of modern and traditional practices and reveal the multiplicity of everyday life.Using these examples of everyday life to portray the complexity of day-to-day existence in Tibet, this book will be of huge interest to students and scholars of Tibet, China, human geography, anthropology, and the sociology of science and technology.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781040106495
Related ISBNs:: 9781040106426, 9781003452850, 9781032590899
Publisher:: Taylor & Francis
Date of Addition:: 08/05/24
Copyrighted By:: Su Hu
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Science, Social Studies, Politics and Government, Sociology
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.