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Virtual Tibet : seaching for Shangri-la from the Himalayas to Hollywood / Orville Schell.

By: Publication details: New York : Metropolitan books, 2000.Edition: 1st edDescription: x, 340 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0805043810 (jacket)
  • 9780805043815 (jacket)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 951/.5 21
LOC classification:
  • DS786 .S295 2000
Contents:
Introduction: My Tibet and Ours 3 -- 1 Tibet as Place and Myth 15 -- 2 The Kingdom of the Screen 31 -- 3 The Dalai Lama Comes to Hollywood 42 -- 4 Tinseltown Tulkus 50 -- 5 The Evangelist 75 -- 6 The Explorer 85 -- 7 Gateway to Virtual Tibet 99 -- 8 My Argentine Hajj 119 -- 9 Bringing the Gospels to Lhasa 123 -- 10 Hacienda Brad 132 -- 11 First among Few 137 -- 12 Lhasa at Last 162 -- 13 Filling in the Blank 182 -- 14 Illusion and Reality 205 -- 15 The Land of the Spirit 222 -- 16 The Annunciation 249 -- 17 The Last of the Questers 263 -- 18 Where the Virtual Heinrich Harrer and the Real Brad Pitt Diverge 283 -- 19 Coping with the Real Heinrich Harrer 287 -- 20 The Chinese React 295 -- 21 Tibetan Questions 303 -- 22 Virtual Tibet Meets the Real Public 307.
Summary: The author goes beyond the fantasies of literature and the movies to the reality of an isolated, but alluring, country.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books The Anton Library of Chinese Studies General Stacks Non-fiction DS786 .S295 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Pending hold TBC00002509
Books Books The Anton Library of Chinese Studies General Stacks Non-fiction DS786 .S295 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.2 Available TBC00015028

Includes bibliographical reference (p.[317]-326) and index.

Introduction: My Tibet and Ours 3 -- 1 Tibet as Place and Myth 15 -- 2 The Kingdom of the Screen 31 -- 3 The Dalai Lama Comes to Hollywood 42 -- 4 Tinseltown Tulkus 50 -- 5 The Evangelist 75 -- 6 The Explorer 85 -- 7 Gateway to Virtual Tibet 99 -- 8 My Argentine Hajj 119 -- 9 Bringing the Gospels to Lhasa 123 -- 10 Hacienda Brad 132 -- 11 First among Few 137 -- 12 Lhasa at Last 162 -- 13 Filling in the Blank 182 -- 14 Illusion and Reality 205 -- 15 The Land of the Spirit 222 -- 16 The Annunciation 249 -- 17 The Last of the Questers 263 -- 18 Where the Virtual Heinrich Harrer and the Real Brad Pitt Diverge 283 -- 19 Coping with the Real Heinrich Harrer 287 -- 20 The Chinese React 295 -- 21 Tibetan Questions 303 -- 22 Virtual Tibet Meets the Real Public 307.

The author goes beyond the fantasies of literature and the movies to the reality of an isolated, but alluring, country.

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