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Temporal Disjunction and Collectivity in Mustang, Nepal |
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| Author |
Ramble, Charles (著)
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| Source |
Current Anthropology
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| Volume | v.43 n.S4 Special Issue |
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| Date | 2002.08/10 |
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| Pages | S75 - S84 |
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| Publisher | The University of Chicago Press |
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http://www.journals.uchicago.edu
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| Location | Chicago, IL, US [芝加哥, 伊利諾伊州, 美國] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | 1. Special Issue: Repertoires of Timekeeping in Anthropology.
2. Author Affiliation: Oxford University, UK. |
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| Abstract | This article examines the uses of time-reckoning, temporality, and historical record in the creation of individual and collective identity. The focus is the community of Te, a closed, endogamous settlement in Lo (Mustang), an old Tibetan kingdom in the high Himalayas of Nepal. The inhabitants of Te apply a range of temporal devices to represent their community as a reified entity distinct from the individuals who compose it. The collectivity is set apart from both the world of Buddhist ideology and the local political environment by a unique calendrical system and the concept of quality-free cracks in the continuum of time. The transcendent character of the collectivity is established by using temporal distortions to represent counterintuitive properties of institutions. Stability is further ensured by a written constitution that freezes the parameters of social action within a 12year legal cycle. |
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| Table of contents | The Place S76
“Stealing the Crack” S76
The Territorial Gods S77
Calling the Gods to Witness S77
The Zatönse Ceremony S78
The Loss of Utility S79
Te-Time and the Tibetan Buddhist Calendar S80
East and West S81
Oaths and Law S81
Literacy and Time Capsules S83
Conclusion S84
References Cited S84 |
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| ISSN | 00113204 (P); 15375382 (E) |
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| DOI | 10.1086/341106 |
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| Created date | 2024.11.14 |
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| Modified date | 2024.11.18 |
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