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100 1 $aGoldstein, Melvyn C.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83232047
245 14 $aThe struggle for modern Tibet :$bthe autobiography of Tashi Tsering /$cMelvyn Goldstein, William Siebenschuh, and Tashi Tsering.
260 $aArmonk, N.Y. :$bM.E. Sharpe,$c[1997], ©1997.
300 $axi, 207 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, map ;$c24 cm
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500 $a"An East Gate book."
500 $aIncludes index.
520 $aThis captivating autobiography by a Tibetan educator and former political prisoner is full of twists and turns. Born in 1929 in a Tibetan village, Tsering developed a strong dislike of his country's theocratic ruling elite. As a 13-year-old member of the Dalai Lama's personal dance troupe, he was frequently whipped or beaten by teachers for minor infractions. A heterosexual, he escaped by becoming a drombo, or homosexual passive partner and sex-toy, for a well-connected monk.
520 8 $aAfter studying at the University of Washington, he returned to Chinese-occupied Tibet in 1964, convinced that Tibet could become a modernized society based on socialist, egalitarian principles only through cooperation with the Chinese. Denounced as a 'counterrevolutionary' during Mao's Cultural Revolution, he was arrested in 1967 and spent six years in prison or doing forced labor in China. Officially exonerated in 1978, Tsering became a professor of English at Tibet University in Lhasa.
520 8 $aHe now raises funds to build schools in Tibet's villages, emphasizing Tibetan language and culture.
600 00 $aTashi Tsering.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80121293
650 0 $aEducators$zChina$zTibet Autonomous Region$vBiography.
650 0 $aPolitical prisoners$zChina$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008109669
700 1 $aSiebenschuh, William R.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82060273
700 0 $aTashi Tsering.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80121293
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