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Book Summary
Among the conflicts to break out during the Cultural Revolution in Tibet, the
most famous took place in the summer of 1969 in Nyemo, a county to the south and
west of Lhasa. In this incident, hundreds of villagers formed a mob led by a
young nun who was said to be possessed by a deity associated with the famous
warrior-king Gesar. In their rampage the mob attacked, mutilated, and killed
county officials and local villagers as well as People's Liberation Army troops.
This groundbreaking book, the first on the Cultural Revolution in Tibet,
revisits the Nyemo Incident, which has long been romanticized as the epitome
ISBN-13
9780520256828
Language
English
Binding
Hard Bound
Publisher
University of California Press
Publishing Date
2009-01-05
Total Pages
264
On The Cultural Revolution In Tibet: The Nyemo Incident Of 1969
Among the conflicts to break out during the Cultural Revolution in Tibet, the
most famous took place in the summer of 1969 in Nyemo, a county to the south and
west of Lhasa. In this incident, hundreds of villagers formed a mob led by a
young nun who was said to be possessed by a deity associated with the famous
warrior-king Gesar. In their rampage the mob attacked, mutilated, and killed
county officials and local villagers as well as People's Liberation Army troops.
This groundbreaking book, the first on the Cultural Revolution in Tibet,
revisits the Nyemo Incident, which has long been romanticized as the epitome