Collected Papers, Foklore, Reviews

CONTENTS

EDITOR'S NOTE Timothy Thurston

ARTICLES
1-33 THE CHANGING ROLES OF TIBETAN MOUNTAIN DEITIES IN THE CONTEXT OF EMERGING ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: DKAR PO LHA BSHAM IN YUL SHUL Tsering Bum


35-74 SOCIALIZING WITH GODS IN THE MONGGHUL BOG RITUAL Limusishiden (Li Dechun) and Gerald Roche

75-126 MANUSCRIPTS, MATERIAL CULTURE, AND EPHEMERA OF THE SILK ROUTE: ARTIFACTS OF EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY LADAKHI TRADE BETWEEN CENTRAL AND SOUTH ASIA Jacqueline H Fewkes and Abdul Nasir Khan

127-176 NAMUYI TIBETAN pha⁵⁴ tsә⁵⁴ RITUALS AND ORAL CHANTS Libu Lakhi (Li Jianfu)

177-231 A MDO TIBETAN NAMING PRACTICES AND NAME POPULARITY Duojiezhaxi (Dorje Tashi, Rdo rje bkra shis) and CK Stuart

233-296 THE MOUNTAIN CHANGERS: LIFESTYLE MIGRATION IN SOUTHWEST CHINA Gary Sigley

FOLKLORE
299-351 An A mdo Tibetan Wedding Speech from Ne'u na Village Timothy Thurston and Caixiangduojie

353-378 Oral Narratives from Bang smad: Deities, Demons, Bla ma, and Leaders Bkra shis bzang po
 
REVIEWS
381-394 Mountains, Monasteries, and Mosques Reviewed by Bettina Zeisler


395-402 The Social Life of Tibetan Biography Reviewed by Barbara Gerke


403-415 China's Encounters on the South and Southwest Reviewed by Francesca Fiaschetti


417-424 Inner Asia, and the Spatial Politics of Empire: Archaeology, Mobility, and Culture Contact Reviewed by Francesca Fiaschetti

425-430 Pilgrim of the Clear Light Reviewed by M Alyson Prude


431-433 At Home in the World Reviewed by Sienna Craig


435-446 China From Empire to Nation-State Reviewed by Tristan G Brown


447-450 In the Land of the Eastern Queendom: The Politics of Gender and Ethnicity on the Sino-Tibetan Frontier Reviewed by Robert Entenmann

451-454 The Emperor Far Away: Travels at the Edge of China Reviewed by Jonathan Z Ludwig


455-458 India-China Borderlands: Conversations Beyond the Centre Reviewed by Jonathan Z Ludwig


459-464 Ethnicity in China; A Critical Introduction Reviewed by Tricia Kehoe
 
465-471 Towards Sustainable Use of Rangelands in North-West China Reviewed by Hilary Howes


473-478 War Finance and Logistics in Late Imperial China Reviewed by Lei Duan


479-488 Chieftains into Ancestors Reviewed by Magnus Fiskesjö


489-497 The Origins of Religious Violence Reviewed by Nikolas Broy


499-506 Eminent Buddhist Women Reviewed by Kali Cape


507-514 The Brave New World of Ethnicity in Nepal Review by Andrew Nelson


515-518 The Unbearable Dreamworld of Champa the Driver Reviewed by Christine Murphy


519-525 Healing Traditions of the Northwestern Himalayas and Being Human in a Buddhist World Reviewed by Enrico Beltramini

527-533 Mapping Shangrila Reviewed by Katia Buffetrille


535-537 Tibetan Folktales (World Folklore Series) Reviewed by Christine Murphy