On the Margins of Tibet : Cultural Survival on the Sino-Tibetan Frontier / / Ashild Kolas and Monika P. Thowsen.
The state of Tibetan culture within contemporary China is a highly politicized topic on which reliable information is rare. But what is Tibetan culture and how should it be developed or preserved? The Chinese authorities and the Tibetans in exile present conflicting views on almost every aspect of T...
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| Superior document: | Studies on ethnic groups in China |
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| Place / Publishing House: | London : : University of Washington Press,, 2005. ©2005. |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 2005 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies on ethnic groups in China.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (290 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; A Note on Transliteration; Introduction; 1 / The Setting; 2 / Religious Sites and the Practice of Religion; 3 / The Dilemmas of Education in Tibetan Areas; 4 / In Search of Tibetan Culture; 5 / Culture As a Way of Life; 6 / Tibetan Culture on the Margins: Destruction or Reconstruction?; Appendixes; 1 / Administrative Divisions in the People's Republic of China; 2 / Demographic Composition in the Autonomous Prefectures; 3 / Data on Religion; 4 / Data on Bilingual Education; 5 / Place-Names in Chinese and Tibetan; 6 / Guide for Semi-Structured Interviews
- NotesChinese and Tibetan Glossary; References; Index