Toffin Gerard (77 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD HARDCOVER Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD Standard-sized.…

Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Soft cover. Condition: New. ISBN:9789384082574.

Softcover. Condition: Bon. Edition 1998. Ammareal reverse jusqu'à 15% du prix net de cet article à des organisations caritatives. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Book Condition: Used, Good. Edition 1998. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.

Softcover. Condition: Très bon. Ancien livre de bibliothèque avec équipements. Ammareal reverse jusqu'à 15% du prix net de cet article à des organisations caritatives. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Book Condition: Used, Very good. Former library book. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.…

Softcover. Condition: Très bon. Edition 2005. Ammareal reverse jusqu'à 15% du prix net de cet article à des organisations caritatives. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Book Condition: Used, Very good. Edition 2005. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.

Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Paperback, spine discolored, minor traces of use, else in (very) good condition. Text in French. Please see description or ask for photos.

Condition: New. pp. 352 Index.

Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Condition: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

Condition: New. pp. 352.

Hardcover. Condition: New. ISBN:9789380607870.

Hardcover. Condition: Bon. Ancien livre de bibliothèque avec équipements. Ammareal reverse jusqu'à 15% du prix net de cet article à des organisations caritatives. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Book Condition: Used, Good. Former library book. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.…

Condition: New. pp. 114.

Hardcover. Condition: New. ISBN:9788187393306.

Condition: New. pp. 114 1st Edition.

Foldout map, black and white photographic illustrations, xii + 443pp, minimal foxing edges, still a very good paperback copy. "Newar Society brings to the Anglophone world French anthropologist Gérard Toffin's work on the Newars. The book is of extreme importance for Newar studies, and it is also beneficial for other scholars who are interested in Nepal's unique form of South Asian Himalayan culture. Toffin is director of research at the National Centre for Scientific Research in Paris and has been conducting research in Nepal for more than thirty-five years. His classic Société et religion chez les Néwars du Nepal is based on research in the village of Pyangaon and the small city of Panauti. Newar Society widens his reach and is founded on a number of different research locations in the Kathmandu and Banepa valleys. As the book's introduction states, the study gives "an overall picture of some of the essential features of Newar society." (Publisher's description).…

Condition: New. pp. 114.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: 2ª Mano. 2ª Mano. 1996, Sello exlibris y firma. Libro.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

May 20, 1998. Condition: Used: Good. Payot, 1996, in-8 broché, 314 pages. Couverture en bon état général. Dos solide. Intérieur frais. Quelques petites salissures sur un coin de tranche. Exemplaire de bibliothèque : petit code barre en pied de 1re de couv., cotation au dos, rares et discrets petits tampons à l?intérieur de l?ouvrage. [BT37].…

Couverture souple. Condition: Comme neuf.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. The Politics of Ethnicity in India, Nepal and China critically reflects on the social, cultural and political processes that have shaped these societies since the 1950s. By and large, ethnic minorities have emerged as powerful groups in the internal politics in most parts of South Asia and the Far East. In an attempt to partly accommodate the political and economic aspirations of some of these ethnic groups, in India, the authorities have created smaller states on the basis of language, culture, and in some cases economic backwardness. The Indian Union has formed autonomous district councils, paving the way (in Jammu and Kashmir, Nagaland and Mizoram) for an asymmetrical form of federalism where special powers are devolved to local units. In Nepal, ethnic minorities include economically and culturally diverse groups scattered over the country. Inspired by the Indian experiment, the political elite in Nepal is now seeking to institutionalize procedures to fully integrate the adivasis/janajatis as citizens. While India and Nepal largely recognize the emergence of these ethnic minorities as political actors, the Chinese state, ignoring the political demands of its minorities, is focussing on their economic development and their modernization.…

6.25" x 9.5" pp. 291, [1], including architectural plans and black and white illustrations. Cherry-red wrappers have some scuffing and wrinkling at the corners, though presents well. Text is bright and sound. Very good. A comprehensive look at traditional Himalayan dwellings, exploring their roles as social hubs, places of spiritual connection, and traditional living spaces.…

couverture reliée. Condition: Bon. envoi protégé, renforcé.

Condition: good. Ancien support de bibliothèque.Photo non contractuelle. Envoi rapide et soigné.

Hardcover. Condition: New. ISBN:9789359448640,xii+379pp.

Soft cover. Condition: New. 2nd Edition. Contents: Introduction/Gerard Toffin. I. The Terai: 1. A Tharu house in the Dang Valley/Camille Milliet Mondon. II. The middle country of Indo-Nepalese castes: 1. The Indo-Nepalese house in central Nepal: building patterns, social and religious symbolism/Marc Gaborieau. 2. From the fountain to the fireplace: the daily itinerary in domestic space among high Indo-Nepalese castes/Veronique Bouillier. II. The Kathmandu Valley: the Newar world: 3. Urban space and religion: observations on Newar urbanism/Gerard Toffin. 4. Traditional Newar building practices in the Kathmandu Valley/Marcel Le Port. 5. The pode house: a caste of Newar fishermen/Gerard Toffin, Vincent Barre, Laurence and Patrick Berger. III. The tribal hill zone: 6. With head held high: the house, ritual and politics in East Nepal/Philippe Sagant. 7. How I built my house/Corneille Jest. 8. Habitat of Nepalese transhumant pastoralists/Philippe Alirol. 9. Settlements and houses in the Thak Khola/Francis Morillon and Philippe Thouveny. V. The upper Himalayan Valleys: 10. Settlements in Dolpo/Corneille Jest. 11. Two houses in the Tibetan cultural tradition: in pisang (Nyi-shang) and in Stongde (Zanskar)/Pascal Marechaux. 12. Vernacular house form in Ladakh/Paul Murdoch. 13. Postscript/Luc Barre, Corneille Jest and Gerard Toffin. From the preface second edition: This book was first published in French in 1981 by CNRS, National Centre for scientific Research (France), under the title L' Homme et la Maison en Himalaya. Man and his house in the Himalayas particularly highlights the symbolic dimensions of the house in this region of Asia. Beyond their physical contours, the dwelling and settlements of the Himalayan range embody a number of social and religious implicit meanings. They reverberate ideas and representations about the cosmos, the relations of power within family or village, the opposition between the sacred and the profane, as well as the dichotomy between sexes. In the major languages spoken in Nepal, for instance, house terms convey interesting parallels with the human body. Several examples are given in the book. These parallels are not mere coincidences. They transform dwellings in meaningful spaces for their inhabitants. Through these complex processes of symbolization, the materiality of constructions is transfigured. The house is metamorphosed in a symbolic space, a matrix of ideologies rituals and mental images, which must be explored thoroughly.…