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1 online resource (xv, 266 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-259) and index. |
| Contents |
Locating the Tibetan diaspora in a world of nation-states -- Tibet in diaspora : locating the homeland from the margins of exile -- India, New Mexico, and the specter of Tibet : on the trail of the Tibetan diaspora -- "Tibetanness" where there is no Tibet : culture in a world of nation-states -- Refugees to citizens, Tibetans, and the State -- Expanding the diaspora, transforming Tibetanness -- The Tibetan-U.S. Resettlement Project : the lottery, the "lucky 1,000" and immigrant ambassadors -- Tibetans in India : deterritorialized culture, occidental longing, and global imaginaries -- Tibetans in the United States -- A new home in diaspora : the first years of the TUSRP, 1992-1996 -- "Culture is your base camp" : Tibetans in New Mexico, youth, and cultural identity -- Statelessness and the state : the meanings of citizenship -- Conclusion : Tibetans in the new world. |
| Summary |
Following the Chinese annexation of Tibet some 50 years ago huge numbers of Tibetans became stateless refugees. In the 1990s, the U.S. Congress allowed 1,000 Tibetans and their families to immigrate to America. This book examines Tibetan identity at a critical juncture in the diaspora's expansion. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Tibetans -- United States -- Ethnic identity.
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Tibetans. |
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United States. |
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Ethnicity. |
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Tibetans -- India -- Ethnic identity.
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India. |
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Refugees, Tibetan -- History.
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Refugees, Tibetan. |
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History. |
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Citizenship -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Citizenship -- Social aspects. |
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Citizenship. |
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Politics and culture.
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Politics and culture. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hess, Julia Meredith. Immigrant ambassadors. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2009 9780804760171 (DLC) 2008050749 (OCoLC)289067789 |
| ISBN |
9780804776318 (electronic book) |
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0804776318 (electronic book) |
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9780804760171 |
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0804760179 |
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