English in Tibet, Tibet in English : Self Presentation in Tibet and the Diaspora
by McMillin, Laurie HovellEdition: 1st
Format: Trade Book
Pub. Date: 2001-11-17
Publisher(s): Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary
This book explores two kinds of self-presentation in Tibet and the Tibetan diaspora: that of British writers in their travel texts to Tibet from 1774 to 1910 and that of Tibetans in recent autobiographies in English. McMillin argues that Tibet and the Anglophone West have had a long, complex, and convoluted relationship that can be explored, in part, through analysis of English language writings. The first part of the book explores how a myth of epiphany in Tibet comes to dominate English texts of travel in Tibet, while the second part considers how Tibetan autobiographers writing in English have responded and resisted Western images of them.
Author Biography
Laurie Hovell McMillin teaches writing at Oberlin College. She has traveled among Tibetan communities since 1982.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | vii | ||||
| Preface | ix | ||||
| PART ONE English in Tibet | |||||
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3 | (4) | |||
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7 | (32) | |||
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39 | (16) | |||
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55 | (16) | |||
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71 | (8) | |||
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79 | (10) | |||
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89 | (24) | |||
| PART TWO Tibet in English | |||||
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113 | (24) | |||
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137 | (16) | |||
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153 | (20) | |||
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173 | (10) | |||
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183 | (14) | |||
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197 | (12) | |||
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209 | (14) | |||
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223 | (10) | |||
| Appendix Transliteration of Tibetan Words | 233 | (2) | |||
| Notes | 235 | (20) | |||
| Index | 255 |
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