Modern Tibetan Literature and Social Change is the first systematic and detailed overview of modern Tibetan literature, which has burgeoned only in the last thirty years. This comprehensive collection brings together fourteen pioneering scholars in the nascent field of Tibetan literary studies, including authors who are active in the Tibetan literary world itself. These scholars examine the literary output of Tibetan authors writing in Tibetan, Chinese, and English, both in Tibet and in the Tibetan diaspora.
The contributors explore the circumstances that led to the development of modern Tibetan literature, its continuities and breaks with classical Tibetan literary forms, and the ways that writers use forms such as magical realism, satire, and humor to negotiate literary freedom within the People's Republic of China. They provide crucial information about Tibetan writers' lives in China and abroad, the social and political contexts in which they write, and the literary merits of their oeuvre. Along with deep social, cultural, and political analysis, this wealth of information clarifies the complex circumstances that Tibetan writers face in the PRC and the diaspora. The contributors consider not only poetry, short stories, and novels but also other forms of cultural production such as literary magazines, films, and Web sites that provide a public forum in the Tibetan areas of the PRC, where censorship and restrictions on public gatherings remain the norm. Modern Tibetan Literature and Social Change includes a previously unavailable list of modern Tibetan works translated into Western languages and a comprehensive English-language index of names, subjects, and terms.
Modern Tibetan Literature and Social Change , Duke University Press, Paperback, 2009, 382 Pages, $30.95
Contributors: Pema Bhum, Howard Y. F. Choy, Yangdon Dhondup, Lauran R. Hartley, Hortsang Jigme, Matthew T. Kapstein, Nancy G. Lin, Lara Maconi, Francoise Robin, Patricia Schiaffini-Vedani, Ronald D. Schwartz, Tsering Shakya, Sangye Gyatso (aka Gangzh�n), Steven J. Venturino,
Riika Virtanen
Foreword Matthew T. Kapstein Kapstein, Matthew T.
Note on Transliteration
Introduction Lauran R. Hartley Hartley, Lauran R. Patricia Schiaffini-Vedani Schiaffini-Vedani, Patricia
Pt. 1 Engaging Traditions
1 Heterodox Views and the New Orthodox Poems: Tibetan Writers in the Early and Mid-Twentieth Century Lauran R. Hartley Hartley, Lauran R. 3
2 Roar of the Snow Lion: Tibetan Poetry in Chinese Yangdon Dhondup Dhondup, Yangdon 32
3 The Development of Modern Tibetan Literature in the People's Republic of China in the 1980s Tsering Shakya Shakya, Tsering 61
4 Dondrup Gyel and the Remaking of the Tibetan Ramayana Nancy G. Lin Lin, Nancy G. 86
5 "Heartbeat of a New Generation": A Discussion of the New Poetry Pema Bhum Bhum, Pema 112
6 "Heartbeat of a New Generation" Revisited Pema Bhum Bhum, Pema 135
7 "Oracles and Demons" in Tibetan Literature Today: Representations of Religion in Tibetan-Medium Fiction Francoise Robin Robin, Francoise 148
Pt. 2 Negotiating Modernities
8 One Nation, Two Discourses: Tibetan New Era Literature and the Language Debate Lara Maconi Maconi, Lara 173
9 The "Condor" Flies over Tibet: Zhaxi Dawa and the Significance of Tibetan Magical Realism Patricia Schiaffini-Vedani Schiaffini-Vedani, Patricia 202
10 In Quest(ion) of an "I": Identity and Idiocy in Alai's Red Poppies Howard Y. F. Choy Choy, Howard Y. F. 225
11 Development and Urban Space in Contemporary Tibetan Literature Riika J. Virtanen Virtanen, Riika J. 236
12 Modern Tibetan Literature and the Rise of Writer Coteries Sangye Gyatso (Gangzhun) Gyatso, Sangye (Gangzhun) 263
13 Tibetan Literature in the Diaspora Hortsang Jigme Jigme, Hortsang 281
14Placing Tibetan Fiction in a World of Literary Studies: Jamyang Norbu's The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes Steven J. Venturino Venturino, Steven J. 301
App. 1 Glossary of Tibetan Spellings 327
App. 2 Glossary of Chinese Terms 338
App. 3 Contemporary Tibetan Literary Works in Translation 340
Bibliography 345
Index 373
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