An investigation of the Tibetan recovery from the devastation of High Socialism and an engagement with attempts to modernize the region in the era of "reform and opening" in post-Mao China. There are chapters on the negotiation of culture and identity in Amdo in contributions on public debate about traditional culture, on attempts at language standardization, and on sexuality. Concerning religion, there are contributions on critical perspectives on reincarnate lamas, and on cases of revival and reinterpretation of popular rituals. Amdo Tibetan self-expression in art, literature and performance is studied in articles on folk songs, painters and their works, and on the changing economics of cultural production. The final chapters deal with social and economic trends in two nomadic pastoral areas and with foreign aid for new Tibetan schools.
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Toni Huber, Ph.D. (1993), is Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies at Victoria University, an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow (1997-1998), and author of both The Cult of Pure Crystal Mountain (Oxford, 1999) and The Guide To India by Amdo Gendun Chophel (LTWA, 2000), as well as numerous scholarly articles on Tibetan culture and society.
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