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Traditional and modern crossing process exchange in a Buddhist–Muslim society Case studied: Zangskar valley in the great Indian Himalayas
No full textSalome Deboos, University of Strasbourg
Doctor in social and cultural anthropology. She specialises in Zangskar (in the Indian Himalayas) where she has been conducting extensive field research since 2000. She is currently a professor at the University of Strasbourg and head of the Institute of Ethnology as well as part of the research unit S.A.G.E./CNRS (UMR 6373).Economic exchange in the Zangskar valley (in the high Indian Himalayas) was a tightly integrated element of the social and political network of this Buddhist–Muslim society . Accordingly people of the lower stratum could not take part in the exchange and circulation of wealth coming from farming; the only way to have a role in the circulation of goods is by using cash.
Since 1970, paid civil servants and the development of tourism and facilities have opened up cash exchange. Nowadays being able to procure manufactured goods by integrating into the Indian monetary exchange system has become synonymous with social success.
Based on an ethnographical study carried out since 2000, this article proposes to show how the use of goods and green or stamped money for economic exchange impacts on and is impacted by the religious diversity of the population of Zangskar, which is not immune to influences emanating from the wider social, political and economic environment
Salome Sticken
No full textThis article introduces a most important female spiritual leader and author i.e. Salome Sticken of the Devotio Modern
Archeology, social and cultural anthropology and ethnology. Two disciplines en resonance
No full textThis article presents the results of field research which have been gathered in the vernacular language in Zanskar (Jammu & Kashmir State, India) since 2001. The population of this valley in the Indian Himalayas is 13200 inhabitants (93% Buddhists and 7% Sunni Muslims). The King of Padum passes on the narrative concerning the arrival and settlement of Muslims in Padum. This ritualized transmission is the basis of the construction of community identity in Zanskar. Furthermore, Archaeologists’ and historians’ research results have shown that since the Bronze Age, there has been continued migration into the Zanskar valley. Nevertheless, none of the archaeological traces and/or translated historical documents confirms the narrative. This article shows how the cross-speciality expertise of archaeologists, historians, anthropologists and ethnologists reveal the construction process of a community cross-religion identity.Le matériel ethnographique de cet article est le fruit de recherches menées au Zanskar (État du Jammu & Kashmir, Inde) en langue vernaculaire depuis 2001. Cette vallée de l’Himalaya indien est peuplée de 13 200 habitants dont 93% sont bouddhistes et 7% de musulmans sunnites. L’histoire de l’arrivée et de l’installation des musulmans au Zanskar fait l’objet d’une tradition dont la transmission ritualisée fait apparaître le Roi de Padum comme figure centrale, ce rituel étant au fondement de la construction identitaire communautaire au Zanskar. Par ailleurs, Archéologues et historiens relèvent que cette vallée apparaissant à première vue comme fermée, a fait l’objet de mouvements migratoires depuis l’âge de bronze. Pourtant, aucunes des traces archéologiques et/ou écrits historiques découverts et traduits ne permettent de corroborer la tradition. Aussi, cet article montre en quoi l’expertise croisée d’archéologues, historiens et anthropologues et ethnologues, permet d’appréhender de manière fine les mécanismes propres à la construction d’une identité communautaire transcendant l’appartenance religieuse
Salome: Reviving the Dark Lady
No full textSalome: Reviving the Dark Lady is a rationale for an impending interdisciplinary reimagining of the literary Dark Lady for the early twenty-first century. The work comprises of poetry, dance, and film. This thesis recounts the history of beauty in the Early Modern Period and discusses the historical context of the Dark Lady to provide a frame for the journey of marginalized archetype into the twenty-first century.The choreopoem itself is built upon Salome, the character from Elizabeth Cary\u27s 1613 closet drama The Tragedy of Mariam Fair Queen of Jewry. The choreopoem contains transliterated soliloquies of the princess interspersed through original poems and prose inspired by works of spoken-word artist Andrea Gibson, twentieth-century Afro-Scandinavian author Nella Larsen, and various literary and cultural critics
[[alternative]]The Researches of Gustave Moreau’s Salome
No full text[[abstract]]The French Symbolist Gustave Moreau（1826-1898）created a lot of Salomes in his life. They contain plenty of symbolic meanings and the artist’s special thoughts; furthermore, they can reflect the cultural state and trend of the fin-de-siecle.
The aim of this dissertation is by way of iconological research, to explore Moreau’s thoughts and esthetic concepts formed in his creating process; and to observe the cultural phenomena of the fin-de-siecle. Besides the iconological method, this dissertation has applied the compared analysis of formal style to introduce the uniqueness and the originality of Moreau’s Salome.As for the variety of documents possibly influencing Moreau’s Salome, this dissertation makes use of the first-hand materials as much as possible in order to find out the real influences. But the most important thing of iconological research is to analyze and explain the iconical inner meanings; this process can help us to resolve the vague symbolic riddles that Moreau had applied. This dissertation also adapts the method of characteristic definition to explore Salome’s symbolic meanings and Moreau’s creating thoughts.
At last, this dissertation will mine the treasures of iconical core. That is, the artist’s motivation, characteristics, point of views, values, philosophical and religious concepts , and the environment of the artist’s age related to his creation. From these researches, we can deeply understand the abundance of Moreau’s creating thoughts. Gustave Moreau’s Salome can actually and completely represent the cultural spirit of the fin-de-siecle.
Yuma Parkway feasibility study : Salome Highway to Palo Verde Road
No full textabstract: One in a series of long-range transportation planning studies being conducted by the Maricopa County Department of Transportation to evaluate future parkways identified in the Maricopa Association of Governments framework studies. The Yuma Parkway study area is approximately 13 miles long and two miles wide, and is generally centered on the Buckeye Road/Yuma Road section line, from one-half mile west of Salome Highway to one-half mile east of Palo Verde Road.Appendices include six Technical Memorandums
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Salome!! Sarah Bernhardt, Oscar Wilde, and the Drama of Celebrity
No full textOscar Wilde’s Salome, composed in French in 1891, represents both an episode in the history of celebrity and a dramatization of celebrity’s theatrical structure. The play first entered the orbit of stardom when Sarah Bernhardt, internationally hailed as the world’s greatest actress, agreed to play the title role in 1892; its author had long been a celebrity, known as much for his artfully crafted persona as for his published writings. Bernhardt, Wilde, and Salome, a play in which almost every character is both fan and idol, were all defined by the volatile conjunctions shared by theatricality and celebrity: the asymmetrical interdependence of actors and audiences, stars and acolytes, exhibition and attention, distance and proximity, absolutism and democracy, exemplarity and impudence, worship and desecration, and presence and representation
Anthropologie, sociologie: deux éclairages différents dans la compréhension des instances d’arbitrage pluriconfessionnelles.
No full textArchéologie, Anthropologie sociale et culturelle et ethnologie, deux disciplines en résonance
No full text“Nommer sa mère Ama ou Maā ? Transformation de l’usage des termes de parenté – Redéfinition des rapports à l’espace et effets de frontière - Cas du Zanskar, Himalaya indien” In Frontières, Revue des Sciences Sociales n° 48, Strasbourg, pages 86-93
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