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Life and death on Mt. Everest : Sherpas and Himalayan mountaineering
| 責任表示 | Sherry B. Ortner |
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| データ種別 | 図書 |
| 出版情報 | Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press , c1999 |
| 本文言語 | 英語 |
| 大きさ | xii, 376 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm |
| 概要 | The Sherpas were dead, two more victims of an attempt to scale Mt. Everest. Members of a French climbing expedition, sensitive perhaps about leaving the bodies where they could not be recovered, rolle... them off a steep mountain face. One body, however, crashed to a stop near Sherpas on a separate expedition far below. They stared at the frozen corpse, stunned. They said nothing, but an American climber observing the scene interpreted their thoughts: Nobody would throw the body of a white climber off Mt. Everest. For more than a century, climbers from around the world have journ-eyed to test themselves on Everest's treacherous slopes, enlisting the expert aid of the Sherpas who live in the area. Drawing on years of field research in the Himalayas, renowned anthropologist Sherry Ortner presents a compelling account of the evolving relationship between the mountaineers & the Sherpas, a relationship of mutual dependence & cultural conflict played out in an environment of mortal risk. Ortner explores this relationship partly through gripping accounts of expeditions--often in the climbers' own words--ranging from nineteenth-century forays by the British through the historic ascent of Hillary & Tenzing to the disasters described in Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air. She reveals the climbers, or "sahibs," to use the Sherpas' phrase, as countercultural romantics, seeking to transcend the vulgarity & materialism of modernity through the rigor & beauty of mountaineering. She shows how climbers' behavior toward the Sherpas has ranged from kindness to cruelty, from cultural sensitivity to derision. Ortner traces the political & economic factors that led the Sherpas to join expeditions & examines the impact of climbing on their traditional culture, religion, & identity. She examines Sherpas' attitude toward death, the implications of the shared masculinity of Sherpas & sahibs, & the relationship between Sherpas & the increasing number of women climbers. Ortner also tackles debates about whether the Sherpas have been "spoiled" by mountaineering & whether climbing itself has been spoiled by commercialism. 続きを見る |
所蔵情報
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中央図 3C_53‐60 [文(人環)/宗教] | 比較宗教/12D/1749 | 1999 |
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書誌詳細
| 一般注記 | Bibliography: p. [355]-367 Includes index |
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| 著者標目 | *Ortner, Sherry B., 1941- |
| 件 名 | LCSH:Mountaineering -- Everest, Mount (China and Nepal) -- History
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LCSH:Sherpa (Nepalese people) |
| 分 類 | LCC:GV199.44.E85 DC21:796.52/2/095496 |
| 書誌ID | 1000831762 |
| ISBN | 069100689X |
| NCID | BA44395260 |
| 巻冊次 | ISBN:069100689X : pbk ; ISBN:0691074488 |
| 登録日 | 2009.09.15 |
| 更新日 | 2009.09.15 |