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Title: The Sherpas Transformed: Towards a Power-centred View of Change in the Khumbu
Language of title: English
Author/Creator: John Draper
One Sentence Summary: The article presents the case for a more optimistic, power-centered view of change in the Khumbu, Nepal, based on the author's fieldwork in the village of Thame.

Description: The article presents the case for a more optimistic, power-centered view of change in the Khumbu, Nepal, based on the author's fieldwork in the village of Thame. The author also offer a critical review of Von Fure-Haimendorf's approach to change. The article is based on the survey conducted of over 50 randomly selected Sherpas currently living and working in Kathmandu. Eighty-four percent had returned to Khumbu at least twice over the last five years, and nearly half returned every year. (Rajeev Ranjan Singh 2007-02-11)

Publisher Place: Kirtipur, Nepal
Publisher: Center for Nepal and Asian Studies
Normalized publisher place: Kathmandu
Publisher country: Nepal
Publisher URL: http://www.cnastu.org.np/
Published Date: 1988-07
URL: http://www.thlib.org/static/reprints/contributions/CNAS_15_02_02.pdf
Classification: Tibetan and Himalayan -- Journals -- Journals Focused on Regions -- Nepal -- Contributions to Nepalese Studies -- (1988) Vol. 15, no. 2
Cultural Coverage: Nepal
Language: English
Source: Contributions to Nepalese Studies
Source Editor: Kamal P. Malla
Source Type: Journal
Source Volume: 15
Source Number: 2
Source Page Numbers: 139-162
ISBN/ISSN: 3767574

Means of availability: Available online as a PDF within the Tibetan & Himalayan Library's bibliographic database.

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Resource Type: Article
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