Rendering Houses in Ladakh

Sophie Day explores the houses that are imagined, built, repurposed, and dismantled among different communities in Ladakh, drawing attention to the ways in which houses are like and unlike people.

List of contents

1 Ladakh’s Houses
2 Ritual Houses
3 "If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change"
4 Once the Wealthiest Tent in Kharnak
5 Making a photobook with Deen Khan
6 An Empty House?
7 Nyarma: the nuns’ house
8 Going it Alone: Angmo’s Leh House
9 The Skarra chorten (stūpa)
Glossary
References

About the author

Sophie Day is Professor of Anthropology at Goldsmiths University, UK.

Summary

Sophie Day explores the houses that are imagined, built, repurposed, and dismantled among different communities in Ladakh, drawing attention to the ways in which houses are like and unlike people.

Product details

• Authors: Day, Sophie Day, Day Sophie
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781350100114
• ISBN: 978-1-350-10011-4
• Series: Home
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Anthropology, Society & culture: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Physical, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Society and culture: general