Tibetan modernities : notes from the field on cultural and social change / edited by Robert Barnett and Ronald Schwartz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

International Association for Tibetan Studies. Seminar (10th : 2003 : Oxford, England)

Contributor:

Barnett, Robert, 1953-

Schwartz, Ronald D. (Ronald David), 1947-

Series:

Brill's Tibetan Studies Library 10/11.

Brill's Tibetan studies library, 1568-6183 ; vol. 10/11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social change--Tibet (China).

Social change.

Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--Social conditions--20th century.

Tibet Autonomous Region (China).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (480 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the first major publication in the West to study modernity and its impact on contemporary Tibet. Based on field work by researchers from the fields of anthropology, sociology, environmental science, literature, art and linguistics, it presents essays on education, economics, childbirth, environment, caste, pop music, media and painting in Tibetan communities today. The findings emerge from studies carried out in Ladakh, Golok, Lhasa, Xining, Shigatse and other areas of the Tibetan world. It will provide important and sometimes surprising results for students of Tibet, China, Himalayan studies, as well as an important contribution to our understandings of modernity and development in the modern world.

Contents:

Preliminary Materials / R. Barnett and R.D. Schwartz

Introduction: Tibet And Modernity / Ronald Schwartz

Modernity, Memory And Agricultural Modernisation In Central Tibet, 1950–1980 / Emily T. Yeh

The Flow Of Wealth In Golok Pastoralist Society: Towards An Assessment Of Local Financial Resources For Economic Development / Susan Costello

Pollution And Social Networks In Contemporary Rural Tibet / Heidi Fjeld

Embodying The Nation: Childbirth In Contemporary Tibet / Jennifer Marie Chertow

Imaginaries Of Ladakhi Modernity / Martijn Van Beek

Schooling And ‘Quality Education’ In The Tibetan Diaspora And Tibet / Ellen Bangsbo

A Preliminary Note On Chinese Codeswitching In Modern Lhasa Tibetan / Kalsang Yeshe

Twentieth Century Tibetan Painting / Tsewang Tashi

Reflections On Tibetan Film / Chenaktshang Dorje Tsering

Dancing To The Beat Of Modernity: The Rise And Development Of Tibetan Pop Music / Yangdon Dhondup

Blue Lake: Tibetan Popular Music, Place And Fantasies Of The Nation / Anna Stirr

Citizenship As Agency In A Virtual Tibetan Public / Tashi Rabgey

Authenticity, Secrecy And Public Space: Chen Kuiyuan And Representations Of The Panchen Lama Reincarnation Dispute Of 1995 / Robert Barnett

Appendix Books and Dissertations On 20th Century Tibet / R. Barnett and R.D. Schwartz

Contributors / R. Barnett and R.D. Schwartz

Index / R. Barnett and R.D. Schwartz.

Notes:

"PIATS 2003, Tibetan studies: Proceedings of the tenth seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Oxford, 2003 ; managing editor, Charles Ramble."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-474-2823-4

OCLC:

833764555

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004155220.i-458 DOI