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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...
| Language: | English |
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Firenze University Press
2022
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| Online Access: | https://books.fupress.com/doi/capitoli/978-88-5518-506-6_10 |
