03138nam 2200673 a 450 991082227660332120240514011656.00-8047-7631-810.1515/9780804776318(CKB)2560000000072241(EBL)683270(OCoLC)714569455(SSID)ssj0000470200(PQKBManifestationID)12158876(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000470200(PQKBWorkID)10412203(PQKB)10856564(StDuBDS)EDZ0000127595(MiAaPQ)EBC683270(DE-B1597)564669(DE-B1597)9780804776318(Au-PeEL)EBL683270(CaPaEBR)ebr10459584(OCoLC)1198931660(EXLCZ)99256000000007224120081119d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrImmigrant ambassadors citizenship and belonging in the Tibetan diaspora /Julia Meredith Hess1st ed.Stanford, Calif. Stanford University Pressc20091 online resource (285 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8047-6017-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-259) and index.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.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.TibetansUnited StatesEthnic identityTibetansIndiaEthnic identityRefugees, TibetanHistoryCitizenshipSocial aspectsUnited StatesPolitics and cultureTibetansEthnic identity.TibetansEthnic identity.Refugees, TibetanHistory.CitizenshipSocial aspectsPolitics and culture.305.899541073Hess Julia Meredith246970MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822276603321Immigrant ambassadors4107748UNINA