Sky Train: Tibetan Women on the Edge of History

Through a lyrical narrative of her journey to Tibet in 2007, activist Canyo n Sam contemplates modern history from the perspective of Tibetan women. Tr aveling on China's new "Sky Train," she celebrates Tibetan New Year with th e Lhasa family whom she'd befriended decades earlier and concludes an oral- history project with women elders. As she uncovers stories of Tibetan women's courage, resourcefulness, and sp iritual strength in the face of loss and hardship since the Chinese occupat ion of Tibet in 1950, and observes the changes wrought by the controversial new rail line in the futuristic "new Lhasa," Sam comes to embrace her own capacity for letting go, for faith, and for acceptance. Her glimpse of Tibe t's past through the lens of the women - a visionary educator, a freedom fi ghter, a gulag survivor, and a child bride - affords her a unique perspecti ve on the state of Tibetan culture today - in Tibet, in exile, and in the w idening Tibetan diaspora. Gracefully connecting the women's poignant histories to larger cultural, po litical, and spiritual themes, the author comes full circle, finding wisdom and wholeness even as she acknowledges Tibet's irreversible changes. For more about the author, go to http://www.canyonsam.com/skytrain.html.

Product Info

ISBN: 029598953X

ISBN-13: 9780295989532

Publisher: University of Washington Pre

Year: 2009

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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