| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction to the second edition -- Introduction to the first edition -- Part I Story of Tibet I -- 1 No time to bid adieu: life-stories from the generation that fled -- The elderly Tibetans -- The outsider -- The wanderer's return -- A second exile and a final return -- Across geographical and emotional terrains . . . -- 2 Children of exile: the second generation -- The lone struggler -- From exile's land: echoes of an activist |
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From critiquing the past to envisaging the future: discussions with a writer -- Tibetan Children's Village: a metaphor for the Tibetan self -- 3 Divergent paths: predicaments of the Dalai Lama's youthful children -- Striking the chords of a unique song: the socialist lyric -- Autonomy vs independence: conversations with activists of the Tibetan Youth Congress -- Dialogues with Tibetan activists and creative artists -- Reflective strides: deep imprints -- Who am I? To whom do I belong? -- An after-thought: TYC to SFT -- Social orphans -- Samsung's story: 'my mother left, I cried uncontrollably' |
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Emerging patterns . . . -- Part II Story of Tibet II -- 4 The life and times of young 'recent arrivals' -- Conversions and reconversions: the story of a young recent arrival -- Lingering shadows of the past -- In verse and prose: the lyrics of a young writer -- The present: ongoing emotional struggles of young 'recent arrivals' -- 5 Prisoners of conscience -- Listening to historical survivors: struggles, dilemmas and predicaments -- Life histories of two long-term ex-political prisoners -- From prison years: memories and recollections -- The present: in exile |
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The life and times of Palden Gyatso -- The circle of protest: voices of young political activists -- A survivor's hunger: an insatiable void -- Broken continuity: towards the 'silencing' of the mind and the 'noise' of the body -- A brief life -- historical sketch of young torture survivors -- Part III Self and exile -- 6 Glimpses into the inner world of the Tibetan refugee -- Repositioning Tibetan participants -- Refugeehood: patterns of loss and paths to recovery -- The elderly generation: painful residuals, lingering complexities and partial containment -- The second generation |
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In the midst of flux: a third generation of Tibetan exiles -- Remembering the lost nation: changing rhythms across generations -- From the dark cellar: voices from occupied Tibet -- Exiled at home, estranged in exile -- The continuing sojourn of young 'recent arrivals' -- Meaning amidst despair: the case of Tibetan torture survivors -- Torture, ideology, change and the body: some reflections -- Onward leaps: future tasks before the Tibetan community -- Buddhism, exile and the Dalai Lama -- Appendix I: A chronology of some relevant political events in the recent history of Tibet |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2020012487 |
| ISBN |
9781000164596 |
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1000164594 |
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