摘要
《虚拟的西藏--从喜马拉雅山到好莱坞寻找香格里拉》(Virtual Tibet:Searching for Shangri-Lafrom the Himalayas to Hollywood),2000年7月Henry Holt&Company,Inc.出版,全书共340页,共22章,由三部分构成。作者奥维尔.斯且尔(Orville Schell,汉名夏伟),是美国知名的中国学家。该作品以通俗而生动的语言,揭示了西方人的"西藏情结",勾勒了西方人"发现"西藏和制造"香格里拉神话"的来龙去脉,展示了西方人的"西藏观"及其演变,描述了西方传媒在制造"西藏热"中的作用,分析了西方人信仰藏传佛教的原因、达赖在西方的影响和美国与西藏的关系,论及了"香格里拉"神话的破灭与西方人认识西藏的误区。该书融知识性、故事性、趣味性于一体,具有很强的可读性,对学术研究和西藏工作,都具有一定的参考价值,文章对上述观点作了评介。
Schell, Orville Virtual Tibet： Searching for Shangri-La and （name）, is the han XiaWei American from the Himalayas to HollywoodAuthor, Orville famous Chinese historians. This works by popular and vivid language, reveals the western Tibet, Outlines the westerners complex ＂discovery＂ Tibet ＂shangri-la myth＂ and the ins and outs of the western show ＂Tibet＂ and its evolution, describes the western media in manufacturing ＂Tibet＂, analyzed the role of Tibetan Buddhism, westerners reasons, the dalai lama in western influence and the United States and the relationship of Tibet, ＂＂ shangri-la myth about the understanding of the Tibetan people burst. The story interesting and informative, blend in, strong readability of academic research and work in Tibet, has the certain reference value to the point that works.
