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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798096003321

Titolo

Greater Tibet : an examination of borders, ethnic boundaries, and cultural areas / / edited by P. Christiaan Klieger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4985-0645-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (182 p.)

Disciplina

951/.5

Soggetti

Tibetan diaspora

Tibetans - Ethnic identity

Tibet Region Civilization Congresses

Tibet Region History Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Notes on Transliterations; Introduction: Greater Tibet; 1 Tibetan Exile or Diaspora; 2 Another Tibet at the Heart of Qing China; 3 The Rawang Tribes of Highland Southeast Asia; 4 Tibet as a State; 5 The Role of India's National Interests vis-à-vis Tibet; 6 The Baltistan Movement on Facebook; 7 A Case for Gelukpa Governance; 8 Essay: Buddhism Post-Soviet Union; 9 Essay: A Greater Tibet and the Irony of Liberation; Bibliography; Index; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

The papers in this volume examine the variations of cultural expression within "Greater Tibet," a conceptual framework that considers Tibeto-Burman speakers and their mutual affiliations as a group different from the larger nation-states in which they now find themselves.