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Foreword
by Tsering Shakya
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ix
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Preface
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xi
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| I. |
Missionaries and Scholars
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The Image of Tibet in the West before the Nineteenth Century
by Rudolf Kaschewsky
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3
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Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Missionary Images of Tibet
by John Bray
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21
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Tibet Images among Researchers on Tibet
by Per Kvaerne
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47
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| II. |
The Sight of the "Other"
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"Truth," Perception, and Politics: The British Construction of an Image of Tibet
by Alex C. McKay
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67
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Tibetan Horizon: Tibet and the Cinema in the Early Twentieth Century
by Peter H. Hansen
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91
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Old Tibet a Hell on Earth? The Myth of Tibet and Tibetans in Chinese Art and Propaganda
by Thomas Heberer
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111
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Tibet, Theosophy, and the Psychologization of Buddhism
by Poul Pedersen
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151
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The Role of Tibet in the New Age Movement
by Frank J. Korom
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167
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The Image of Tibet of the Great Mystifiers
by Donald S. Lopez, Jr.
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183
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Not Only a Shangri-la: Images of Tibet in Western Literature
by Peter Bishop
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201
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The Development in Perceptions of Tibetan Art: From Golden Idols to Ultimate Reality
by Heather Stoddard
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223
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| III. |
Standpoints
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Tibetan Monastic Colleges: Rationality versus the Demands of Allegiance
by P. Jeffrey Hopkins
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257
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"Violated Specialness": Western Political Representations of Tibet
by Robert Barnett
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269
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"Orientalism" and Aspects of Violence in the Tibetan Tradition
by Elliot Sperling
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317
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Tibetan Culture As a Model of Ecological Sustainability
by Helena Norberg-Hodge
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331
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Tradition, Modernity, and Environmental Change in Tibet
by Graham E. Clarke
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339
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Shangri-la in Exile: Representations of Tibetan Identity and Transnational Culture
by Toni Huber
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357
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Behind the Lost Horizon: Demystifying Tibet
by Jamyang Norbu
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373
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Buddhism in the West and the Image of Tibet
by Dagyab Kyabgon Rinpoche
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379
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| IV. |
Final Considerations
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Imagining Tibet: Between Shangri-la and Feudal Oppression: Attempting a Synthesis
by Heinz Rather
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391
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Bibliography
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417
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List of Contributors
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453
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Index
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459
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