{"product_id":"sky-train-tibetan-women-on-the-edge-of-history-9780295989532","title":"Sky Train: Tibetan Women on the Edge of History","description":"\u003cp\u003eThrough a lyrical narrative of her journey to Tibet in 2007, activist Canyon Sam contemplates modern history from the perspective of Tibetan women. Traveling on China's new \"\u003ci\u003eSky Train\u003c\/i\u003e,\" she celebrates Tibetan New Year with the Lhasa family whom she'd befriended decades earlier and concludes an oral-history project with women elders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs she uncovers stories of Tibetan women's courage, resourcefulness, and spiritual strength in the face of loss and hardship since the Chinese occupation of Tibet in 1950, and observes the changes wrought by the controversial new rail line in the futuristic \"new Lhasa,\" Sam comes to embrace her own capacity for letting go, for faith, and for acceptance. Her glimpse of Tibet's past through the lens of the women - a visionary educator, a freedom fighter, a gulag survivor, and a child bride - affords her a unique perspective on the state of Tibetan culture today - in Tibet, in exile, and in the widening Tibetan diaspora.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGracefully connecting the women's poignant histories to larger cultural, political, and spiritual themes, the author comes full circle, finding wisdom and wholeness even as she acknowledges Tibet's irreversible changes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-4704740\"\u003eCanyon Sam\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Washington Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/28\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.14w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780295989532\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 029598953X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC028000\"\u003eWomen's Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCanyon Sam is a San Francisco writer, performance artist, and Tibet activist. Her one-woman show \u003ci\u003eThe Dissident\u003c\/i\u003e was critically acclaimed in the \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e. This is her first book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44285992403181,"sku":"9780295989532","price":55.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_c3d4c8e6-75c3-4107-873f-0d1a1a725171.jpg?v=1696959771","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/sky-train-tibetan-women-on-the-edge-of-history-9780295989532","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}