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.

List of contents

Chapter 1: The Persistence of the Past in Modern Tibetan Literature
Chapter 2: Singing the Nation: Modern Tibetan Music and National Identity
Chapter 3: The Tibetan Tradition of Social Criticism and Modern Tibetan Literature
Chapter 4: Narration of Cultural Traumas in Modern Tibetan Poetry and Fiction
Chapter 5: The Third Generation of Tibetan Poets and the Inescapable Nation
Chapter 6: How Novel Is Contemporary Tibetan Erotic Poetry?
Chapter 7: Conclusion: Whirlpools of Continuity and Creativity

About the author

By Lama Jabb

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Lama Jabb, Jabb Lama
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9781498503358
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-0335-8
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Studies in Modern Tibetan Cult; Studies in Modern Tibetan Culture; Studies in Modern Tibetan Cult
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Tibetan