The museum on the roof of the world : art, politics, and the representation of Tibet / Clare E. Harris.

Author/creator Harris, Clare
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2012, ©2012.
Descriptionxi, 314 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.
Subjects
Xizang bo wu guan--History.
Tibet Museum (Dharmsāla, India)--History.
Art, Tibetan--Appreciation. --History.
Art, Tibetan--Museums. --History.
Tantric-Buddhist art--Appreciation. --History.
Tibet Region--Museums. --History.

SeriesBuddhism and modernity
Buddhism and modernity. ^A597649
Contents The Tibet Museum in the West -- The Younghusband mission and Tibetan art -- Picturing Tibet for the Imperial Archive -- Photography and the politics of memory -- The Tibet Museum in exile -- The Tibet Museum in Lhasa -- The invention of Tibetan contemporary art -- The Buddha goes global.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages [297]-306) and index.
LCCN 2012003231
ISBN9780226317472 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
ISBN0226317471 (hardcover : alkaline paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks N7346 .T5 H37 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold