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UNINA9910453420003321 |
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Autore |
Swank Heidi |
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Titolo |
Rewriting Shangri-La : Tibetan youth, migrations and literacies in McLeod Ganj, India / / by Heidi Swank |
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Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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ISBN |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (211 p.) |
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Collana |
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Brill's Tibetan Studies Library, , 1568-6183 ; ; Volume 34 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Tibetans - India - Mcleodganj |
Youth - India - Mcleodganj |
Immigrant youth - India - Mcleodganj |
Youths' writings - Social aspects |
Written communication - Social aspects |
Group identity - Tibet Region |
Electronic books. |
Mcleodganj (India) Emigration and immigration Social aspects |
Tibet Region Civilization |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminary Material -- 1 ‘Just Let Go of this Dream of Shangri-La’ -- 2 Youth Communities and Methodologies -- 3 Theories of and in Practice -- 4 ‘Come to Learn, Go to Serve’ -- 5 Learning to Serve and to Roam -- 6 Writing Divisions -- 7 Families In Exile and Across the Himalayas -- 8 ‘Friends Like You Are Really Oscar Winner’ -- 9 Rewriting Shangri-La -- References -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In Rewriting Shangri-La: Migrations and Everyday Literacies among Tibetan Youth in McLeod Ganj, India , Heidi Swank examines differing histories of migration and exile through the lens of everyday literacies. The youth on whom this ethnography focuses live in a community that has long been romanticized by Tibetans and non-Tibetans alike, positioning these youth to see themselves as keepers of a modern day Shangri-la. Through this ethnography - based on a decade of research |
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