An eminent anthropologist examines the foundings of the first celibate Buddhist monasteries among the Sherpas of Nepal in the early twentieth century--a religious development that was a major departure from "folk" or "popular" Buddhism. Sherry Ortner i...
his album presents the finest portrayals of Russian women, dating from the 12th to the 20th centuries. Along with the celebrated paintings housed in the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow and the Russian Museum and the Hermitage in Leningrad, some works from ...