Tibetan Modernities ─ Notes from the Field on Cultural and Social Change: PIATS 2003

Anthropologists and other social scientists explore the manifestation of modernity in the Himalayan nation, now part of China, and among the diaspora. Their 14 papers discuss such topics as pollution and social networks in contemporary rural Tibet, schooling and quality education in the Tibetan diaspora and Tibet, 20th-century Tibetan painting, the rise and development of Tibetan popular music, and Chen Kuiyuan and representations of the Panchen Lama reincarnation dispute of 1995. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Robert Barnett Ph.D. (2003) in Oriental Studies, Cambridge University is the Adjunct Professor in Contemporary Tibetan Studies at Columbia University, New York. His publications include Lhasa: Streets with Memories (Columbia, 2006) and Resistance and Reform in Tibet (Hurst and University of Indiana , 1994).Ronald Schwartz Ph.D. (1977) in Sociology, University of Toronto, is Professor of Sociology at Memorial University, St Johns, Newfoundland, and author of numerous works including Circle of Protest (Hursts and Columbia, 1994).