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The museum on the roof of the world : art, politics, and the representation of Tibet

Title
The museum on the roof of the world : art, politics, and the representation of Tibet / Clare E. Harris.
Author
Harris, Clare.
Publication
Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2012.

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Description
xi, 314 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 27 cm.
Series Statement
Buddhism and modernity
Uniform Title
Buddhism and modernity.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
ISBN
  • 9780226317472 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
  • 0226317471 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
  • 9780226317502 (e-book) (canceled/invalid)
  • 0226317501 (e-book) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
  • 2012003231
  • 40021535808
OCLC
  • 775664146
  • ocn775664146
  • SCSB-5663092
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries