Order in paradox: myth, ritual, and exchange among Nepal's Tamang

by David H. Holmberg

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First edition

Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1989 . First edition, 8vo, pp. xvi, 265, 3 ; table, 2 full-page maps, and 13 illustrations in the text; fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Order in Paradox is the best general account we have of the Tamang, the largest and most accessible Tibeto-Burman speaking population in Nepal and, paradoxically, the least understood. It describes in rich textual and contextual detail the Tamang 'ritual field,' and it deftly

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