this context, Seven Years in Tibet was, among other events, emblematic of growing popular support for the Dalai Lama and Buddhism in a peculiar political context that should not be forgotten. 28 The Dalai Lama himself was said to have given his approval for the film, and his sister, Jetsun Pema, even plays in the film as the Dalai Lama’s mother (and hence her own mother). Undoubtedly, this production played a major role in the shaping of a popular assessment of the Tibet questions, notably because it depicts the Chinese invasion with harsh images of a violent Chinese Army. The film, for its “brutal and impolite image” of the Chinese Communist Party, was condemned and forbidden in China. Interestingly enough, Red River Valley, released the same year, constitutes what could be seen as a response to Harrer’s romanticized seven-year experience in Tibet. Uses of Tibet in Chinese imaginaries: From “Hell on Earth” to The Tibet Craze Beyond Seven years in Tibet / Heinrich Harrer ; translated by Tim Carruthers ; introduction by the Dalai Lama

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edn 3rd imp. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth, top edge red (casing with slight lean - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. xiii + 288, illus with coloured frontispiece and b&w plates and maps (frontispiece loosened; previous owner's 1953 gift inscription on front endpaper). Thomas Heberer “Old Tibet a hell on Earth? The myth of Tibet and Tibetans in Chinese art and prop (...)Condition: good, fair. Book Club 1st Edition. 314, illus., maps, DJ soiled, worn, and stained: small tears, small pieces missing. A young adventurer's escape from a British internment camp in India during World War II, and his dramatic trek through rugged Himalayan passes to sanctuary in the Forbidden City of Lhasa. Pema Lhaki: This is another great difference between our civilization and yours. You admire the man who pushes his way to the top in any walk of life, while we admire the man who abandons his ego.” They were nice, friendly people, and they invited us to share their fire and drink a cup of rancid butter tea with them.” See Christopher Hale, Himmler's Crusade: The Nazi Expedition to Find the Origins of the Aryan Rac (...)

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The pre-invasion visit of Chinese Communist negotiators to Lhasa, arriving at an airfield constructed by Tibetans, and their departure for China after a brief conference with their Tibetan counterparts—including the desecration of the sand mandala as well as the "religion is poison" remark as depicted in the film, do not occur in the book or in any of the numerous histories that have been written about the matter. China's destruction of several thousand Tibetan temples and monasteries and Tibetan Buddhist texts occurred during the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966–76). In 1935, Harrer was designated to participate in the Alpine skiing competition at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The Austrian Alpine skiing team, however, boycotted the event due to a conflict regarding the skiing instructors' status as professionals. As a result, Harrer did not participate.Documentary by Tian Zhuangzhuang : Delamu, Chama gudao zhi Delamu 茶马古道之德拉姆 (aka Tea-Horse Road Se (...) See Lisa Aldred’s critical article on the movement: “Plastic Shamans and Astroturf Sun Dances: New Age Commercialization of Native American Spirituality”, The American Indian Quarterly, Vol. 24 (3), 2000, pp.329-352. On the New Age Movement as a religious movement, see for instance Ruth Prince and David Riches, The New Age in Glastonbury: The Construction of Religious Movements, Berghahn Books, 2001.

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For an account on Chinese film industry after the 1980s, see Paul Clark, Reinventing China: A Gen (...) See also Barnett who argues that “the nationalistic perception of Tibet as a centuries-old "integ (...) Monks passing under the Pargo Kaling chorten, or "Western Gate", in Lhasa near the Potala during Monlam Festival in 1938 Tibet. This structure was destroyed in 1967 and rebuilt in 1995. See the image in the original movie poster above.What has since happened in Tibet is hardly to be believed. More than 1.2 million Tibetans lost their lives and of about six thousand monasteries, temples, and shrines, 99 percent were either looted or totally destroyed. In” See Nicolas Notovitch, The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ, translated by J. H. Connelly and L. Landsberg, Dragon Key Press, 2002. See a depiction of cinema audiences in Hao Xiaoming et Chen Yanru, « Film and Social Change: The (...) In 1944, Harrer and Aufschnaiter escape the prison and cross into Tibet. After being initially rejected by the isolated nation, they manage to travel in disguise to the Tibetan capital city of Lhasa. There, they become the house guests of Tibetan diplomat Kungo Tsarong. The Tibetan senior official Ngawang Jigme also extends friendship to the two foreigners with gifts of custom-made Western suits.

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French theorist of cinema, Jacques Aumont, argues that “the impression of reality” results from the image and sound, the perception of a continuous movement and the coherence among diegetic universe constructed by the fiction. Jacques Aumont, Aesthetics of Film, translated by Richard Neupert, University of Texas Press, 1992, pp.121-125. Seven Years in Tibet. Translated from the German by Richard Graves. With an Introduction by Peter Fleming. [First English Edition.] BRIGHT COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A tight, clean and unmarked copy- Heinrich Harrer, already a famous mountaineer and Olympic ski champion, was caught by the outbreak of World War II while climbing the Himalyas. Being an Austrian, he was interned in India. On his third attempt, he succeeded in escaping from the internment camp and fled into Tibet. After a series of experiences in a country never crossed before by a Westerner, Harrer reached the Forbidden City of Lhasa. He stayed there for seven years, learned the language and acquired a greater understanding of Tibet and the Tibetans. He became friend and tutor to the young Dalai Lama and finally accompanied him into India when he was put to flight by the Red Chinese invasion. This film tie-in edition includes an epilogue from the author describing his return to Tibet in the 1990s. Rich or poor, all come full of devotion and with no inner misgivings to lay their offerings before the gods and to pray for their blessing. Is there any people so uniformly attached to their religion and so obedient to it in their daily life? I have always envied the Tibetans their simple faith, for all my life I have been a seeker. Though I learned, while in Asia, the way to meditate, the final answer to the riddle of life has not been vouchsafed to me. But I have at least learned to contemplate the events of life with tranquility and not let myself be flung to and fro by circumstances in a sea of doubt.” John Powers gives an interesting overview of the pro-Chinese and pro-Tibet literature, and probab (...)