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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137373733
• ISBN13: 9781137373731
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"