The dragon's voice : how modern media found Bhutan / Bunty Avieson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Avieson, Bunty, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Press--Bhutan.

Press.

Journalism--Social aspects--Bhutan.

Journalism.

Journalism--Political aspects--Bhutan.

Bhutan--Description and travel.

Bhutan.

Bhutan--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 p.)

Place of Publication:

St. Lucia, Queensland : University of Queensland Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<div><B>Bunty Avieson</B> is a journalist, author, and media scholar. She has published three novels, a novella, and travel memoir; her work has been translated into Japanese, German, and Thai; and she has been the recipient of two Ned Kelly Crime Writing Awards. She is the former editorial director of the mass-market women's magazines <I>New Idea </I>and<I> Woman's Day</I>. She currently lectures in the department of media and communications at the University of Sydney.</div>

Contents:

Cover; Author biography; Also by Bunty Avieson; Title page; Imprint page; Contents; Epigraph; Prologue - Crowning a King; 1. A Truly Bhutanese Newspaper; 2. Excellent Abundance; 3. Braying Donkeys; 4. Night-hunting; 5. Tashi Pelkhil; 6. The Biggest Story Not Reported; 7. The Light on the Hill; 8. Happy, Happy, Happy; 9. Australian Connections; 10. Who's Reading?; 11. Bhutanese Faces; 12. The Myth of Shangri-La; 13. Work Habits; 14. A Victory for the Media; 15. Wooden Phalluses and Crooked Vaginas; 16. New Ideas; 17. Dolma's Story; 18. Two Remarkable Women; 19. Forbidden Topics

20. Brand Bhutan21. The Outside World; 22. Floods of Change; 23. Getting Along with Elephants; Epilogue - A Nation with Many Voices; Acknowledgments; References; Picture section

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 6, 2015).

ISBN:

0-7022-5503-3

OCLC:

908099352