Lama Jabb

Oral and Literary Continuities in Modern Tibetan Literature

The Inescapable Nation

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Produktbeschreibung

This book reveals that the roots of modern Tibetan literature grow in the rich and fertile soil of Tibet's oral and literary traditions, rather than in the 1980s as current scholarship presents.

Produktdetails

• Studies in Modern Tibetan Culture
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 624g
• ISBN-13: 9781498503334
• ISBN-10: 1498503330
• Artikelnr.: 42375039

Autorenporträt

Lama Jabb is junior research fellow in Tibetan and Himalayan studies at Wolfson College, Oxford University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: The Persistence of the Past in Modern Tibetan Literature Chapter
2: Singing the Nation: Modern Tibetan Music and National Identity Chapter
3: The Tibetan Tradition of Social Criticism and Modern Tibetan Literature
Chapter 4: Narration of Cultural Traumas in Modern Tibetan Poetry and
Fiction Chapter 5: The Third Generation of Tibetan Poets and the
Inescapable Nation Chapter 6: How Novel Is Contemporary Tibetan Erotic
Poetry? Chapter 7: Conclusion: Whirlpools of Continuity and Creativity