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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Autori principali: De Grandis, Mario, costantini, filippo
Natura: Online
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Firenze University Press 2022
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Accesso online:ONIX_20220601_9788855185066_618
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