Life and death on Mt. Everest: Sherpas and Himalayan mountaineering
Voyages et géographie, Asie (voyage et géographie)
Braille avec transcription humaine
Résumé
For more than a century, climbers from around the world have journeyed 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 and the Sherpas, a relationship of mutual dependence and cultural conflict played out in an environment of mortal risk. 1999.
Description du titre
ISBN
9780691074481
Éditeur
Princeton University Press
Année
1999
Cote
2448042
Description de la version braille du CAÉB
Volumes
10
Type de braille
UEB
Producteur
South African Library for the Blind, 2011.