ISBN: 9789937506595 - amdo tibetans in transition: society and culture in the post-mao era (2 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. pp. xxiii + 313 Figures Maps.

Pbk. Contents Dedication ? In honour of Samten Gyaltsen KarmayPer KV Arerne Introduction ? A mdo and its modern transitionToni Huber 1 Inventing modernity in A mdo Views on the role of traditional Tibetan culture in a developing societyLauran R Hartley 2 Toward a Tibetan common language A mdo perspectives on attempts at language standardizationMarielle Prins 3 Sexuality and identity in Post-Mo A mdoCharlene Makley 4 The Tulku?s Miserable Lot Critical voices from eastern TibetMatthew T Kapstein 5 Ritual revival and innovation at Bird cemetery MountainToni Huber 6 The Earth-Ox and the SnowlionMona Schrempf 7 Glu and La ye in A mdo An introduction to contemporary Tibetan folk songsAlexandru Anton-Luca 8 Art and Life in A mdo Reb gong since 1978Mark Stevenson 9 The Economics of cultural production in contemporary A mdoSusan E Costello 10 Modernisation efforts in Mgo log A Chronicle 1970-2000Bianca Horlemann 11 Revival of a Nomadic Lifestyle A Survival strategy for Dzam thang?s PastoralistsAngela Manderscheid 12 The Tibetan School of Khri Kai Stong che A Report on Italian Development Aid in A mdoGiacomella Orofino IndexThis volume Being the Firth Volume of the Proceedings of the Ninth Seminar of the IATS 2000 investigates Eastern Tibetan recovery from the devastation of High Socialism and a new engagement with attempts to modernise the region in the era of reform and opening in post-Mao China Amdo Tibetan in Transistion covers all major areas of cultural revival in post-Mao Amdo The active negoation of culture and identity is addressed in public debate about traditional culture in attempts at language standardization and in reflections on sexuality Religious culture is represented by discussion of critical perspectives on reincarnate lamas and by case studies of revival and reinterpretation of popular rituals Amdo Tibetan self-expression in art literature and performance and studied by means of folksongs painters and their works and the changing economics of cultural production The final chapters deal with social and economic trends in two nomadic pastoral areas and with foreign aid for new Tibetan schoolsThis is a unique introduction to contemporary life and attitudes in north-eastern Tibet invaluable for understanding modern Tibetan life in China today how it developed and what it is rapidly becoming 314 pp.…