Tibet on Fire: Buddhism, Protest, and the Rhetoric of Self-Immolation

Using Kenneth Burke's concept of dramatism as a way of exploring multiple motivations in symbolic expression, Tibet on Fire examines the Tibetan self-immolation movement of 2011-2015. The volume asserts that the self-immolation act is an affirmation of Tibetan identity in the face of cultural genocide.

Author: John Whalen-Bridge
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 10/06/2015
Pages: 216
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9781137373731

About the Author
John Whalen-Bridge is Associate Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at National University of Singapore