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

The museum on the roof of the world : art, politics, and the representation of Tibet / Clare E. Harris.

Author/creator	Harris, Clare
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2012, ©2012.
Description	xi, 314 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.
Subject(s)	Xizang bo wu guan--History. Tibet Museum (Dharmsāla, India)--History. Art, Tibetan--Appreciation --History. Art, Tibetan--Museums --History. Tantric-Buddhist art--Appreciation --History. Tibet Region--Museums --History.

Series	Buddhism and modernity Buddhism and modernity. ^A597649
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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages [297]-306) and index.
LCCN	2012003231
ISBN	9780226317472 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
ISBN	0226317471 (hardcover : alkaline paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	N7346 .T5 H37 2012	✔ Available	Place Hold