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

by John Whalen-Bridge

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.

241 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2015

Reviews

[Aidan · Rating 4 out of 5]

An altogether concise, it at times handfusted ethnography of the phenomenon. Used for a project.