The culture of the book in Tibet /

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The history of the book in Tibet involves more than literary trends and trade routes. Functioning as material, intellectual, and symbolic object, the book has been an instrumental tool in the construction of Tibetan power and authority, and its history opens a crucial window onto the cultural, intel...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Schaeffer, Kurtis R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
Buddhist literature, Tibetan > History and criticism.
Buddhism and culture.
Littérature bouddhique tibétaine > Histoire et critique.
Bouddhisme et civilisation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Publishing.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Books & Reading.
Buddhism and culture
Buddhist literature, Tibetan
Civilization
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) > Civilization.
Région autonome du Tibet (Chine) > Civilisation.
China > Tibet Autonomous Region
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The stuff of books
  • The editor's texts
  • The scholar's dream
  • The physician's lament
  • The king's canons
  • The cost of a priceless book
  • Epilogue: The boy who wrote Sutras on the sky
  • Appendix 1. Buton Rinchendrup's letter to editors
  • Appendix 2. The contents of the Buddhist canons
  • Appendix 3. The cost of the canon at Dege.

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