Author: Pamela Logan
Genre: Non-Fiction (Travel)
Date Finished: Dec 14, 2009
This autobiographical book covers the author's travels through southern China, Tibet and Nepal in search of Khampas, a warrior tribe in Tibetan society. She searches through Yunnan, Sichuan, sneaks into Tibet and finally in Nepal where the Khampas had resistance camps for many years. Good read if you are interested in the regions in question.
Leaving Mother Lake: A Girlhood at the Edge of the World
Author: Yang Erche Namu & Christine Mathieu
Genre: Non-Fiction
Date Finished: Dec 8, 2009
In China there are considered to be 56 ethnic minorities. The Mosuo people are not even considered a distinct minority, lumped in with the Naxi in Yunnan and the Mongols in Sichuan. This is the story of a Mosuo woman who eventually leaves her mother's house (quite rare) and goes out in to China.
Genre: Non-Fiction
Date Finished: Dec 8, 2009
In China there are considered to be 56 ethnic minorities. The Mosuo people are not even considered a distinct minority, lumped in with the Naxi in Yunnan and the Mongols in Sichuan. This is the story of a Mosuo woman who eventually leaves her mother's house (quite rare) and goes out in to China.
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)