LEADER 03141nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910822276603321 005 20230207232851.0 010 $a0-8047-7631-8 024 7 $a10.1515/9780804776318 035 $a(CKB)2560000000072241 035 $a(EBL)683270 035 $a(OCoLC)714569455 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000470200 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12158876 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000470200 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10412203 035 $a(PQKB)10856564 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000127595 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC683270 035 $a(DE-B1597)564669 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780804776318 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL683270 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10459584 035 $a(OCoLC)1198931660 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000072241 100 $a20081119d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aImmigrant ambassadors$b[electronic resource] $ecitizenship and belonging in the Tibetan diaspora /$fJulia Meredith Hess 210 $aStanford, Calif. $cStanford University Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (285 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8047-6017-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 243-259) and index. 327 $aLocating 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. 330 $aImmigrant 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. 606 $aTibetans$zUnited States$xEthnic identity 606 $aTibetans$zIndia$xEthnic identity 606 $aRefugees, Tibetan$xHistory 606 $aCitizenship$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aPolitics and culture 615 0$aTibetans$xEthnic identity. 615 0$aTibetans$xEthnic identity. 615 0$aRefugees, Tibetan$xHistory. 615 0$aCitizenship$xSocial aspects 615 0$aPolitics and culture. 676 $a305.899541073 700 $aHess$b Julia Meredith$0246970 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822276603321 996 $aImmigrant ambassadors$94107748 997 $aUNINA