Origins and Migrations in the Extended Eastern Himalayas

Huber (Tibetan studies, Humboldt U., Germany) and Blackburn (School of Oriental and African Studies, U. of London, England) present 14 contemporary interdisciplinary research papers on the origins and migrations of Tibeto-Burman-speaking hill peoples in the "extended eastern Himalayas," a region stretching from eastern Nepal; through the Indian regions of Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, and the hill tracts surrounding Assam; to upland Southeast Asia and southwest China. They describe the collective results thematically as "a diverse set of investigations into theoretical and methodological concerns, myth and ritual, narrative in social context, language and linguistic relationships, identity formation, and local communities in relation to modern states." Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Toni Huber Ph.D. (1993), is Professor of Tibetan Studies at the Humboldt University, Berlin. His extensive publications on the anthropology and cultural history of Tibetan societies include The Cult of Pure Crystal Mountain (Oxford, 1999) and The Holy Land Reborn (Chicago, 2007).Stuart Blackburn is Senior Research Associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. His most recent publications include Himalayan Tribal Tales: Oral Tradition and Culture in the Apatani Valley (Brill, 2008) and The Sun Rises: A Shaman's Chant, Ritual Exchange and Fertility in the Apatani Valley (Brill, 2010).