Waiting at the mountain pass : coming to terms with solitude, decline, and death in Tibetan exile /
"This book offers an intimate meditation on aging and dying among elderly exiled Tibetans living in Dharamsala, India. Through close-drawn portraits of these elders, readers walk with them through the heartaches and hopes of facing death alone and on a foreign soil"--Publisher's descr...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
University of Philadelphia Press,
[2025]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Contemporary ethnography
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| Summary: | "This book offers an intimate meditation on aging and dying among elderly exiled Tibetans living in Dharamsala, India. Through close-drawn portraits of these elders, readers walk with them through the heartaches and hopes of facing death alone and on a foreign soil"--Publisher's description. |
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| Physical Description: | xxix, 281 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-265) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781512827361 1512827363 9781512827354 1512827355 |