Tibetan Modernities

by Barnett, Robert; Schwartz, Ronald

• ISBN13: 9789004155220
• ISBN10: 9004155228
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-02-15
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub

Summary

This book, the first scholarly publication in the West to provide detailed documentation of modern life in contemporary Tibet, presents the cutting-edge field work carried out by an interdisciplinary group of researchers studying caste, pop music, media, painting, education, economics, childbirth and environment in Tibetan communities today.

Table of Contents

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Introduction: Tibet and Modernity	p. 1
Modernisation and Social Change
Modernity, Memory and Agricultural Modernisation in Central Tibet, 1950-1980	p. 37
The Flow of Wealth in Golok Pastoralist Society: Towards an Assessment of Local Financial Resources for Economic Development	p. 73
Pollution and Social Networks in Contemporary Rural Tibet	p. 113
Embodying the Nation: Childbirth in Contemporary Tibet	p. 139
The Pedagogy of Modernity
Imaginaries of Ladakhi Modernity	p. 165
Schooling and 'Quality Education' in the Tibetan Diaspora and Tibet	p. 189
A Preliminary Note on Chinese Codeswitching in Modern Lhasa Tibetan	p. 213
Two Artists on Contemporary Art and Cinema
Twentieth Century Tibetan Painting	p. 251
Reflections on Tibetan Film	p. 267
New Media, New Public Space
Dancing to the Beat of Modernity: the Rise and Development of Tibetan Pop Music	p. 285
Blue Lake: Tibetan Popular Music, Place and Fantasies of the Nation	p. 305
Newtibet.com: Citizenship as Agency in a Virtual Tibetan Public	p. 333
Authenticity, Secrecy and Public Space: Chen Kuiyuan and Representations of the Panchen Lama Reincarnation Dispute of 1995	p. 353
Books and Dissertations on 20th Century Tibet	p. 423
Contributors	p. 437
Index	p. 441
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