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Author Hess, Julia Meredith.

Title Immigrant ambassadors [electronic resource] : citizenship and belonging in the Tibetan diaspora / Julia Meredith Hess.

Imprint Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2009.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xv, 266 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-259) and index.
Contents 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Tibetans -- United States -- Ethnic identity.
Tibetans -- India -- Ethnic identity.
Refugees, Tibetan -- History.
Citizenship -- Social aspects -- United States.
Politics and culture.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780804760171 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780804776318 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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