Knowing Dil Das. Stories of a Himalayan Hunter

by Joseph S. Alter

A$30 · Offered by Asia Bookroom

Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Press. 2000. Stock ID #177548 xvii + 193pp, index, notes, glossary, a very good paperback copy. Knowing Dil Das is not about peasant culture but about the limits of culture and history. It is also about the moral ambiguity of writing and living in a field of power where, despite intimacy, self and other are unequal. Publisher's description . When referring to this item

• Binding: Paperback

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