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.
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Front Matter i - xxiii Introduction: The Tibetan Situation 1 - 15 Before Self - Immolation: Tibetan Monks on the World Stage, Circa 2008 17 - 36 Self - Immolation as Irreversible Speech: The Cost of Expressing Tibetan Aspirations 37 - 58 Making a Scene: Actor, Time, and Place 59 - 80 Purpose: Politics, Buddhism, and Tibetan Survival 81 - 121 External Affairs: The Globalization of China’s War on Tibet 123 - 135 Conclusion: Tibet’s Next Incarnation 137 - 150 Back Matter 151 - 216
