In the Image of Tibet
Editorial Reviews Book Description In the Image of Tibet is a unique study of the ways in which the idea of Tibet has been imagined by Tibetan artists both in exile in India and under Chinese rule in the Tibetan Autonomous Region (T.A.R.) of the Peoples Republic of China. Taking the year of the Dalai Lamas flight from Tibet in 1959 as chronological marker and an indicator of the rupture which Tibetan society underwent at this time, In the Image of Tibet shows how exiled artists and their audiences negotiated the reconstruction of Tibet in India whilst in the T.A.R., the visual landscape was colonised by Chinese depictions of Tibet, and what the Republic now saw as a national minority, Tibetans. Using the results of fieldwork conducted over six years, in which the author interviewed and photographed Tibetan artists at work in their communities, Clare Harris presents the key debates, in which Tibet came to be imagined anew. Following the Chinese invasion and the creation of a Tibetan diaspora, politics and questions of authenticity and identity have, for Tibetans, been inextricably tied to the more familiar artistic problems of style, tradition and modernity. With copious illustrations, In the Image of Tibet provides the visible evidence of these concerns and includes many images which are virtually unknown amongst non-Tibetans.
In the Image of Tibet,Clare Harris,Reaktion Books,1861890397,Art,Art & Art Instruction,Asia - General,Asian,General,Art / General
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