ANTHR 7545 - Peoples and Cultures of the Himalayas

Spring. 4 credits.

Co-meets with ANTHR 3545.

K. March.

A comprehensive exploration of the peoples and cultures of the Himalayas. Ethnographic materials draw on the lifeways of populations living in the Himalayan regions of Bhutan, India, Nepal, and Tibet. Some of the cultural issues to be examined through these sources include images of the Himalayas in the West, forms of social life, ethnic diversity, political and economic history, and religious complexity.