Save Tibet button by U.S. Tibet Committee, 1991
Save Tibet button by U.S. Tibet Committee, 1991
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- Name
- U.S. Tibet Committee (Creator)
- Title
- Save Tibet button by U.S. Tibet Committee, 1991
- Abstract
- Button advocating for Save Tibet in 1991 with an image of a lotus flower with a barbed wire
- Collection Name
- Meg McLagan Collection: The Tibet Movement in Exile, 1989-2003
- Subjects
- Political campaigns; Tibetans; Mass media; Tibet Autonomous Region (China)
- Format
- objects
- Genre
- buttons (information artifacts)
- Origin Information
- New York (N.Y.)
- Date
- 1991?
- Physical Description
- 5.6 cm
- Note
- The contrasting messages on the two buttons "Save Tibet" and "Free Tibet," both issued by the USTC, illustrates the negotiation of terms and approaches underlying political activism.
- Note (Funding)
- Digitized with funding by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute.
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- C.V. Starr East Asian Library, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Also In
- Tibetan Studies Special Collections at Columbia University
- Copyright Status
- Copyright Undetermined
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-p0d7-j980