Animal Representation in Alai's Empty Mountains and the Role of Animals in the Remaking of Tibetan Identity and History in Contemporary Tibet.

In his 2009 novel, Empty Mountains, the famous Sino-Tibetan writer Alai engages with new themes that were almost totally absent from his award-winning 1998 novel, The Dust Settles (titled Red Poppies in English). In addition to the new focus on post-"liberation" Tibet, other major new themes include...

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Published in:	Modern China Vol. 49; no. 6; pp. 709 - 744
Main Author:	Baranovitch, Nimrod
Format:	Article
Published:	Sage Publications Inc. Nov2023
Subjects:	Tibet (China) Human-animal relationships Animal welfare Modernity Mountain animals Tibetans Animal culture
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost