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Tibet on fire : self-immolations against Chinese rule / Tsering Woeser ; translated by Kevin Carrico.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Chinese Publisher: London ; New York : Verso, 2016Description: viii, 114 pages ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781784781538
  • 1784781533
Uniform titles:
  • Xizang huo feng huang. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.280951/5 23
LOC classification:
  • HV6548.C52 T538713 2016
Contents:
Why are Tibetans self-immolating? -- The protesters -- State-sponsored slander and media blockades -- Lhasa : apartheid redux -- Self-immolation as protest.
Summary: Tibet on Fire is her account of the oppression Tibetans face and the ideals driving those who resist, both the self-immolators and other Tibetans like herself. With a cover image designed by Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, Tibet on Fire is angry and cogent: a clarion call for the world to take action.
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Book: Standard Hewitson Library, Presbyterian Research Centre England Collection HV6548.T53 W45 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 19-191

"Originally published as Immolations au Tibet : la honte du monde, © Indigène éditions 2013."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Why are Tibetans self-immolating? -- The protesters -- State-sponsored slander and media blockades -- Lhasa : apartheid redux -- Self-immolation as protest.

Tibet on Fire is her account of the oppression Tibetans face and the ideals driving those who resist, both the self-immolators and other Tibetans like herself. With a cover image designed by Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, Tibet on Fire is angry and cogent: a clarion call for the world to take action.

Translated from the French translation of: Xizang huo feng huang.

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