Oral and literary continuities in modern Tibetan literature : the inescapable nation /

"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. Embracing a multidisciplinary approach drawing on theoretical insights in Western literary the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Jabb, Lama (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2015]
Series:	Studies in modern Tibetan culture.
Subjects:	1900-1999 Tibetan literature > 20th century > History and criticism. Identity (Psychology) in literature. Tibet Autonomous Region (China) > Civilization. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:	Available via EBSCO eBook Collection
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Table of Contents:

The persistence of the past in modern Tibetan literature
Singing the nation: modern Tibetan music and national identity
The Tibetan tradition of social criticism and modern Tibetan literature
Narration of cultural traumas in modern Tibetan poetry and fiction
The third generation of Tibetan poets and the inescapable nation
How novel is contemporary Tibetan erotic poetry?
Conclusion: whirlpools of continuity and creativity.