Voices from Tibet : selected essays and reportage / / Tsering Woeser and Wang Lixiong ; edited and translated by Violet S. Law

• Pubblicazione: Honolulu : , : University of Hawaiʻi Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (131 p.)
• Disciplina: 951/.505
• Soggetto geografico: Tibet Autonomous Region (China) Civilization 20th century; Tibet Autonomous Region (China) Politics and government 1951-
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: LawViolet S Weise <1966-> WangLixiong <1953->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Freedom for Chinese, autonomy for Tibetans -- Where are Tibetans in the Chinese dream -- Beijing Olympics: divided world, divided dream -- The Qinghai-Tibetan railway conscripted -- The next big one -- The fall of Lhasa -- Let go of the Dalai Lama -- Tibetans are ruined by hope -- From self-immolation to self-rule -- Winners and losers under Tibet's capitalism -- Public square or propaganda? -- The pernicious fungus economy -- The "nineteenth army" -- Tibetan women marry Han Chinese as a way out -- Merchants of fake culture -- Only state-sanctioned tour guides need apply -- Railroad to perdition -- Riding the train to Lhasa -- Cassock vs. police uniform -- Framing monks as terrorists -- The world's youngest political prisoner -- Why Tibetans flee to India? -- Helicopters over stupas -- Stampede in Jokhang -- Barkor at nightfall -- Highway robbery in holy places -- Siphoning off Tibetan water -- Herders are strangers on their land -- Every inch of land is sacred -- Betting on Tibetan land -- How fur becomes Tibetan fashion -- Disappearing Lhasa -- Regret in a half-century -- Scrapping Tibetan lessons for stability -- Must children trade roots for books? -- Ye all celebrate Chinese festivals -- Official ban a helpful reminder -- Ringing in the Tibetan new year -- Contemporary artists sound off -- Resistance to sell out -- What remains of Tibet?
• Sommario/riassunto: Tsering Woeser and Wang Lixiong are widely regarded as the most eloquent, insightful writers on contemporary Tibet. Their reportage on the economic exploitation, environmental degradation, cultural destruction and political subjugation that plague the increasingly Han Chinese-dominated Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) is as powerful as it is profound, ardent and analytical in equal measure, and not in the least bit ideological. Voices from Tibet is a collection of essays and reportage in translation that captures the many facets of an unprecedented sea change wreaked by a rising China upon a scar
• Titolo autorizzato: Voices from Tibet
• ISBN: 988-8268-19-8; 988-8268-17-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464901403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II