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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910822276603321
• Autore: Hess Julia Meredith
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, c2009
• ISBN: 0-8047-7631-8
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (285 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.899541073
• Soggetti: Tibetans - United States - Ethnic identity; Tibetans - India - Ethnic identity; Refugees, Tibetan - History; Citizenship - Social aspects - United States; Politics and culture
• 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 (p. 243-259) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Immigrant Ambassadors explores transformations in Tibetan identity as increasing numbers of Tibetans move from being stateless refugees in India and Nepal to citizens of the United States.