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On the margins of Tibet : cultural survival on the Sino-Tibetan frontier / Ashild Kolas and Monika P. Thowsen.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Studies on ethnic groups in ChinaPublication details: Seattle ; London : University of Washington Press, c2005.Description: ix, 276 p. charts, maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0295984805 (alk. paper)
  • 9780295984803 (alk. paper)
  • 0295984813 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780295984810 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 951/.505 22
LOC classification:
  • DS786 .K695 2005
Contents:
The setting -- Religious sites and the practice of religion -- The dilemmas of education in Tibetan areas -- In search of Tibetan culture -- Culture as a way of life -- Tibetan culture on the margins: destruction or reconstruction?
Review: "Ashild Kolas and Monika Thowsen have gathered an astounding array of data to quantify Tibetan cultural activities - involving Tibetan language, literature, visual arts, museums, performing arts, festivals, and religion. Their study is based on fieldwork and interviews conducted in the ethnic Tibetan areas surrounding the Tibetan Autonomous Region - parts of the Chinese provinces of Sichuan, Gansu, Yunnan, and Qinghai. Aware of the ambiguous nature of information collected in restricted circumstances, they make every effort to present a complete and unbiased picture of Tibetan communities living on China's western frontiers."--BOOK JACKET.
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Books Books The Anton Library of Chinese Studies General Stacks DS786 .K695 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available TBC00002516
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-272) and index.

The setting -- Religious sites and the practice of religion -- The dilemmas of education in Tibetan areas -- In search of Tibetan culture -- Culture as a way of life -- Tibetan culture on the margins: destruction or reconstruction?

"Ashild Kolas and Monika Thowsen have gathered an astounding array of data to quantify Tibetan cultural activities - involving Tibetan language, literature, visual arts, museums, performing arts, festivals, and religion. Their study is based on fieldwork and interviews conducted in the ethnic Tibetan areas surrounding the Tibetan Autonomous Region - parts of the Chinese provinces of Sichuan, Gansu, Yunnan, and Qinghai. Aware of the ambiguous nature of information collected in restricted circumstances, they make every effort to present a complete and unbiased picture of Tibetan communities living on China's western frontiers."--BOOK JACKET.

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