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Ortner, Sherry B. was born on September 19, 1941 in Brooklyn. Daughter of Samuel and Gertrude (Panitch) Ortner.
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Sexual Meanings: The Cultural Construction of Gender and Sexuality: 1st (First) Edition
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Sherpas Through Their Rituals SHERPAS THROUGH THEIR RITUALS By Ortner, Sherry B. ( Author )Apr-14-1978 Paperback
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Sherpas through their Rituals (Cambridge Studies in Cultural Systems)
(The Sherpas of the Himalayas practice Tibetan Buddhism, a...)
The Sherpas of the Himalayas practice Tibetan Buddhism, a variety of Mahayana Buddhism. This is a general interpretation of Sherpa culture through examining the relationship between the Sherpas' Buddhism and other aspects of their society, and a theoretical contribution to the study of ritual and religious symbolism. In analysing the symbols of Sherpa rituals, professor Ortner leads us toward the discovery of conflict, contradiction, and stress in the wider social and cultural world. Following a general ethnographic sketch, each chapter opens with a brief description of a ritual. The ritual is then dissected, and its symbolic elements are used as guides in the exploration of problematic structures, relationships, and ideas of the culture. The author uses these rituals to illuminate the interconnections between religious ideology, social structure and experience. Professor Ortner analysis of the rituals reveals both the Buddhist pull toward exaggerating the isolation of individuals, and the secular pull that attempts to overcome isolation and to reproduce the conditions for social community.
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Making Gender: The Politics and Erotics of Culture by Sherry B Ortner (1997-10-31)
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Making Gender: The Politics and Erotics of Culture
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Sherpas through their Rituals (Cambridge Studies in Cultural Systems) by Sherry B. Ortner (1978-04-14)
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Sherry B. Ortner
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AB, Bryn Mawr College, 1962; Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1970.
Career
Lecturer, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1969-1970; assistant professor, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York, 1971-1977; associate professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1977-1984; professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1984-1994; professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1994-1996; professor, Columbia University, New York City, since 1996.
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Sherpas through their Rituals (Cambridge Studies in Cultural Systems)
(The Sherpas of the Himalayas practice Tibetan Buddhism, a...)
- SHERPAS THROUGH THEIR RITUALS CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN CULTURAL SYSTEMS
- Sexual Meanings: The Cultural Construction of Gender and Sexuality: 1st (First) Edition
- Sherpas Through Their Rituals SHERPAS THROUGH THEIR RITUALS By Ortner, Sherry B. ( Author )Apr-14-1978 Paperback
- Making Gender: The Politics and Erotics of Culture by Sherry B Ortner (1997-10-31)
- Making Gender: The Politics and Erotics of Culture
- Sherpas through their Rituals (Cambridge Studies in Cultural Systems) by Sherry B. Ortner (1978-04-14)
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Sherpas through their Rituals (Cambridge Studies in Cultural Systems)
Membership
Fellow American Anthropological Association. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Nepal Studies Association, Am.Ethnological Society, Society Cultural Anthropology.
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1 child, Gwendolyn Ida Ortner Kelly. Married Timothy D. Taylor, July 25, 1994.
