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Immigrant ambassadors : citizenship and belonging in the Tibetan diaspora

Author: Julia Meredith Hess
Publisher: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2009.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Julia Meredith Hess
ISBN: 9780804760171 0804760179
OCLC Number: 289067789
Description: xv, 266 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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.
Responsibility: Julia Meredith Hess.

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