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Immigrant ambassadors : citizenship and belonging in the Tibetan diaspora / Julia Meredith Hess.

Author/creator Hess, Julia Meredith
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoStanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2009.
Descriptionxv, 266 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 243-259) and index.
LCCN 2008050749
ISBN9780804760171 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0804760179 (cloth : alk. paper)

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