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Quest for Harmony
Author | : Chuan-kang Shih |
Publsiher | : Stanford University Press |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2009-12-07 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780804773447 |
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In this long-awaited ethnography, Chuan-kang Shih details the traditional social and cultural conditions of the Moso, a matrilineal group living on the border of Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces in southwest China. Among the Moso, a majority of the adult population practice a visiting system called tisese instead of marriage as the normal sexual and reproductive institution. Until recently, tisese was noncontractual, nonobligatory, and nonexclusive. Partners lived and worked in separate households. The only prerequisite for a tisese relationship was a mutual agreement between the man and the woman to allow sexual access to each other. In a comprehensive account, Quest for Harmony explores this unique practice specifically, and offers thorough documentation, fine-grained analysis, and an engaging discussion of the people, history, and structure of Moso society. Drawing on the author's extensive fieldwork, conducted from 1987 to 2006, this is the first ethnography of the Moso written in English.
The quest for harmony
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : OCLC:641762796 |
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Quest for Harmony
Author | : William A. Young |
Publsiher | : Hackett Publishing Company Incorporated |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 2006-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0872208613 |
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Quest for Harmony provides a basic understanding of the cultures and spiritual teachings of four Native American nations--Lenape (Delaware), Ani'-Yun'-wiya (Cherokee), Lakota (Sioux), and Dine (Navajo). The text is always sympathetic, respectful, and, when possible, presented in the voices of Native Americans. Each nation is described in terms of its name, traditional location(s), present population, language, and traditional social organization. At least one story of origin is provided for each nation, followed by a survey of its history from earliest documented times until recent times. At the heart of each chapter, the spiritual worldview and rituals of the nation being discussed are introduced, with sections on cosmology, gods and spirits, rituals, and other issues particular to that nation. Critical issues common to Native Americans such as the pannational spiritual movements and the environment are also covered. Quest for Harmony makes clear that not only are Native American spiritual traditions very much alive, they are also in the midst of a dramatic revival.
Gandhi s Philosophy and the Quest for Harmony
Author | : Anthony Parel |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 11 |
Release | : 2006-08-10 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780521867153 |
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This book presents an interpretation of Gandhi's political philosophy, and how he strove to connect it with the four goals of life (purushartha). Anthony Parel argues that Gandhi's aim was the restoration of harmony and the removal of any opposition between the spiritual and the temporal, the political and the ethical.
Halfway to Harmony
Author | : Barbara O'Connor |
Publsiher | : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2021-01-12 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780374314460 |
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A heartfelt middle-grade novel from New York Times bestselling author Barbara O’Connor about a boy whose life is upended after the loss of his older brother—timeless, classic, and whimsical. Walter Tipple is looking for adventure. He keeps having a dream that his big brother, Tank, appears before him and says, “Let’s you and me go see my world, little man.” But Tank went to the army and never came home, and Walter doesn’t know how to see the world without him. Then he meets Posey, the brash new girl from next door, and an eccentric man named Banjo, who’s off on a bodacious adventure of his own. What follows is a summer of taking chances, becoming braver, and making friends—and maybe Walter can learn who he wants to be without the brother he always wanted to be like. Halfway to Harmony is an utterly charming story about change and growing up. Don't miss Barbara O'Connor's other middle-grade work—like Wish; Wonderland; How to Steal a Dog; Greetings from Nowhere; Fame and Glory in Freedom, Georgia; The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester; and more!
The Quest for Harmony
Author | : Kristina Reeves |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-06-20 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 1959677462 |
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Restoring Harmony
Author | : Joelle Anthony |
Publsiher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2010-05-13 |
Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781101187678 |
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The year is 2041, and sixteen-year-old Molly McClure has lived a relatively quiet life on an isolated farming island in Canada, but when her family fears the worst may have happened to her grandparents in the US, Molly must brave the dangerous, chaotic world left after global economic collapse?one of massive oil shortages, rampant crime, and abandoned cities. Molly is relieved to find her grandparents alive in their Portland suburb, but they?re financially ruined and practically starving. What should?ve been a quick trip turns into a full-fledged rescue mission. And when Molly witnesses something the local crime bosses wishes she hadn?t, Molly?s only way home may be to beat them at their own game. Luckily, there?s a handsome stranger who?s willing to help. Restoring Harmony is a riveting, fast-paced dystopian tale complete with adventure and romance that readers will devour.
Harmony of the Spirits
Author | : Patrick Michael Erben |
Publsiher | : UNC Press Books |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780807835579 |
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Harmony of the Spirits: Translation and the Language of Community in Early Pennsylvania