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Title:
Voices from Tibet / selected essays and reportage by Tsering Woeser and Wang Lixiong ; edited and translated by Violet Law.
Publisher:
University of Hawaiʻi Press,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
81 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Subject:
Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--Civilization--20th century.
Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--Politics and government--1951-
Other Authors:
Law, Violet S., translator. translator.
Weise, 1966- Works. Selections. English.
Wang, Lixiong, 1953- Works. Selections. English.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
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?
ISBN:
082483951X (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780824839512 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0824840089 (cloth)
9780824840082 (cloth)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)857717749
LCCN:
2013034040
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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