Sky Train: Tibetan Women on the Edge of History

by Canyon Sam

Book Overview

Through 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 "Sky Train," she celebrates Tibetan New Year with the Lhasa family whom she'd befriended decades earlier and concludes an oral-history project with women elders.

As she uncovers stories of Tibetan women's courage, resourcefulness, and spiritual strength in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 029598953X
• ISBN13: 9780295989532
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher