Shelly Bhoil
Biographic Data
| ID | 642331 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shelly Bhoil |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shelly |
| FAMILY NAME | Bhoil |
| SIGNATURE | BHOIL S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Film Independent |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Challenge of Exile and Writing
China's control of Tibet for more than fifty years has led to a gradual sinicization of Tibetan art, culture and literature within Tibet. However, in exile, Tibetan art and literature not only claim distinct Tibetan identity but also tend to tibetanize their foreign influences. The new Tibetan English literature in exile is one such example. Writing about Tibetan culture and identity in a foreign language and in new forms posits largely the same …
De/Re/Mystification of Tibet in The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes
The western discourse of Tibet tends to essentialize Tibet as a utopian ShangriLa. Jamyang Norbu, the exiled Tibetan writer, combats the exoticization of Tibet in his novel The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes. He places the ratiocinative English detective in Tibet (to protect the life of the Dalai Lama from Imperial China) and treats him with Asian subjectivities, thus, challenging western notions of identity. In the novel, Norbu also recasts Tibetan …
Of exile and writing
Exiled Tibetan writers have just begun to experiment with new languages, writings and forms of expression, while understanding that this has modified the "Tibetan-ness" of their past. Among them is the contemporary Tibetan English poet Tsering Wangmo Dhompa, whose first book Rules of the House was a finalist for the Asian American Literary Awards in 2003, and who is sometimes regarded as the representative voice of exiled Tibet. Dhompa was born i…
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De/Re/Mystification of Tibet in The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes
The western discourse of Tibet tends to essentialize Tibet as a utopian ShangriLa. Jamyang Norbu, the exiled Tibetan writer, combats the exoticization of Tibet in his novel The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes. He places the ratiocinative English detective in Tibet (to protect the life of the Dalai Lama from Imperial China) and treats him with Asian subjectivities, thus, challenging western notions of identity. In the novel, Norbu also recasts Tibetan …
Of exile and writing
Exiled Tibetan writers have just begun to experiment with new languages, writings and forms of expression, while understanding that this has modified the "Tibetan-ness" of their past. Among them is the contemporary Tibetan English poet Tsering Wangmo Dhompa, whose first book Rules of the House was a finalist for the Asian American Literary Awards in 2003, and who is sometimes regarded as the representative voice of exiled Tibet. Dhompa was born i…
The Challenge of Exile and Writing
China's control of Tibet for more than fifty years has led to a gradual sinicization of Tibetan art, culture and literature within Tibet. However, in exile, Tibetan art and literature not only claim distinct Tibetan identity but also tend to tibetanize their foreign influences. The new Tibetan English literature in exile is one such example. Writing about Tibetan culture and identity in a foreign language and in new forms posits largely the same …
Aesthetics (3 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Art (3 works) · China (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works)