Reimagining Tibet - Politics of Literary Representation

This book examines how territorial, civilisational and cultural location determines one's gaze and attitude while representing a contested space like Tibet. It analyses representations of Tibet in three novels.

List of contents

List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction: Tibet and the Politics of Representation
Chapter 2: Tibet as Myth: Patterns of Gaze in James Hilton’s Lost Horizon
Chapter 3: Looking at Tibet from India: Tibetan Resistance Movement in Kaushik Barua’s Windhorse
Chapter 4: An Insider’s View of Tibet: Jamyang Norbu’s The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes
Chapter 5: Reconfiguring Tibet: Tibetan Activism in Diaspora
Chapter 6: Conclusion: Emergence of Pan-Tibetan Imagination
Appendices: Interviews
1. Koushik Goswami in Conversation with Kaushik Barua
2. Koushik Goswami in Conversation with Jamyang Norbu
3. Koushik Goswami in Conversation with Tenzin Tsundue
4. Koushik Goswami in Conversation with Bhuchung D. Sonam
5. Koushik Goswami in Conversation with Thubten Samphel
6. Koushik Goswami in Conversation with Tsering Namgyal Khortsa
7. Koushik Goswami in Conversation with Tsering Wangmo Dhompa
8. Koushik Goswami in Conversation with Tenzin Dickie
Select Bibliography
Index

About the author

Koushik Goswami is a doctoral research scholar at the Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University, Kolkata and teaches English at Malda College, West Bengal, India. He was a Humanities Visiting Scholar at the University of Exeter, the United Kingdom.

Summary

This book examines how territorial, civilisational and cultural location determines one’s gaze and attitude while representing a contested space like Tibet. It analyses representations of Tibet in three novels.

Product details

• Authors: Koushik Goswami
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.08.2024
• EAN: 9781032292717
• ISBN: 978-1-032-29271-7
• No. of pages: 216
• Weight: 420 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; China, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, HISTORY / Asia / China, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Chinese, Regional Studies, Literary studies: general, Regional / International studies, Asian History