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Dragon's Voice : How Modern Media Found Bhutan.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: St Lucia : University of Queensland Press, 2010Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (242 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780702255038
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Dragon's VoiceDDC classification:
  • 070.4
LOC classification:
  • PN4731.B47 -- .A95 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Author biography -- Also by Bunty Avieson -- Title page -- Imprint page -- Contents -- Epigraph -- Prologue - Crowning a King -- 1. A Truly Bhutanese Newspaper -- 2. Excellent Abundance -- 3. Braying Donkeys -- 4. Night-hunting -- 5. Tashi Pelkhil -- 6. The Biggest Story Not Reported -- 7. The Light on the Hill -- 8. Happy, Happy, Happy -- 9. Australian Connections -- 10. Who's Reading? -- 11. Bhutanese Faces -- 12. The Myth of Shangri-La -- 13. Work Habits -- 14. A Victory for the Media -- 15. Wooden Phalluses and Crooked Vaginas -- 16. New Ideas -- 17. Dolma's Story -- 18. Two Remarkable Women -- 19. Forbidden Topics -- 20. Brand Bhutan -- 21. The Outside World -- 22. Floods of Change -- 23. Getting Along with Elephants -- Epilogue - A Nation with Many Voices -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Picture section.
Summary: This is a fascinating account of ancient culture colliding with modern media. Tucked between Tibet and India in the Himalayas, the kingdom of Bhutan is one of the most isolated and beautiful countries in the world. In The Dragon's Voice, Australian journalist Bunty Avieson provides a glimpse of life beyond the country's exotic exterior. As a consultant to local newspaper Bhutan Observer, she admires the paper's strong social conscience, but finds her expectations challenged in a country where spirituality and personal happiness are prioritized over work. Avieson also witnesses the tensions that arise as a Buddhist kingdom makes the transition to democracy. The courtship ritual of "night-hunting" and the nation's first public demonstration become controversial news items, while journalists must overcome traditional social hierarchies to keep politicians accountable. With a unique blend of memoir and reportage, The Dragon's Voice is both a deeply personal story and a vivid portrait of a nation on the cusp of revolutionary change.
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Cover -- Author biography -- Also by Bunty Avieson -- Title page -- Imprint page -- Contents -- Epigraph -- Prologue - Crowning a King -- 1. A Truly Bhutanese Newspaper -- 2. Excellent Abundance -- 3. Braying Donkeys -- 4. Night-hunting -- 5. Tashi Pelkhil -- 6. The Biggest Story Not Reported -- 7. The Light on the Hill -- 8. Happy, Happy, Happy -- 9. Australian Connections -- 10. Who's Reading? -- 11. Bhutanese Faces -- 12. The Myth of Shangri-La -- 13. Work Habits -- 14. A Victory for the Media -- 15. Wooden Phalluses and Crooked Vaginas -- 16. New Ideas -- 17. Dolma's Story -- 18. Two Remarkable Women -- 19. Forbidden Topics -- 20. Brand Bhutan -- 21. The Outside World -- 22. Floods of Change -- 23. Getting Along with Elephants -- Epilogue - A Nation with Many Voices -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Picture section.

This is a fascinating account of ancient culture colliding with modern media. Tucked between Tibet and India in the Himalayas, the kingdom of Bhutan is one of the most isolated and beautiful countries in the world. In The Dragon's Voice, Australian journalist Bunty Avieson provides a glimpse of life beyond the country's exotic exterior. As a consultant to local newspaper Bhutan Observer, she admires the paper's strong social conscience, but finds her expectations challenged in a country where spirituality and personal happiness are prioritized over work. Avieson also witnesses the tensions that arise as a Buddhist kingdom makes the transition to democracy. The courtship ritual of "night-hunting" and the nation's first public demonstration become controversial news items, while journalists must overcome traditional social hierarchies to keep politicians accountable. With a unique blend of memoir and reportage, The Dragon's Voice is both a deeply personal story and a vivid portrait of a nation on the cusp of revolutionary change.

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