Law and Humanities
Quarterly Reviews
ISSN 2827-9735
Published: 23 December 2022
Tibet in European Eyes: How European Orientalists Shaped Representations of Tibet during the 19th Century and Beginning of the 20th
Fabienne Le Houérou
CNRS, Institut d’Etudes et de Recherches sur les Mondes Arabes et Musulmans, Institut Convergences Migrations
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10.31014/aior.1996.01.04.44
Pages: 167-171
Keywords: Pure, Virgin, Orientalism, Colonial, Alexandra David Néel, Father Huc
Abstract
This article is historically recalling how Europeans portrayed Tibet during the middle of the 19th century. It introduces the problematic of a “pure” Tibet invented by Europeans travelers. The French orientalist will be studied as the main promoters of such caricatured narratives.
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