Chapter Negotiating with the tradition: representations of fish in Alai's fictional writing

Tibet has long been orientalized in fictional representations. Taking as a case study two texts by Alai, this paper investigates how a traditional Tibetan cultural trait-the fish taboo-is mobilized to complicate the representation of Tibetan culture. By describing the fish taboo Alai points at Tibet...

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Main Author: De Grandis, Mario (auth)
Other Authors: costantini, filippo (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Florence Firenze University Press 2021
Series:Studi e saggi
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