Thurston, T (2018) A Korean, an Australian, a Nomad and a Martial Artist meet on the Tibetan Plateau: Encounters with Foreigners in a Tibetan Comedy from Amdo. Journal of Folklore Research, 55 (3). pp. 1-24. ISSN 0737-7037
Abstract
This article examines the complex processes by which a Tibetan comedy reaches state-sponsored stages in western China's Qinghai Province. By reflecting on my own participation in a Tibetan sketch comedy for a Tibetan-language, provincial version of the Chunjie wanhui, China Central Television's annual New Year's Gala, I examine the Tibetan sketch comedy as a staged vernacular ethnography of a transnational encounter. Juxtaposing Tibetan nomads with characters of Korean and Australian origin, such staged encounters create a productive friction that provides a space for public meditation on politically and culturally sensitive issues central to the negotiation of Tibetanness in the twenty-first century, including cultural preservation and ecological conservation.
Metadata
Item Type: | Article |
---|---|
Authors/Creators: |
|
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | Copyright © 2018 Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Indiana University. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Journal of Folklore Research. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Dates: |
|
Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Languages Cultures & Societies (Leeds) > East Asian Studies (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 16 Feb 2018 16:59 |
Last Modified: | 01 Mar 2020 01:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Indiana University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.2979/jfolkrese.55.3.01 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:127430 |