Greater Tibet

An Examination of Borders, Ethnic Boundaries, and Cultural Areas
Herausgeber: Klieger, P. Christiaan

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 273g
• ISBN-13: 9781498506465
• ISBN-10: 1498506461
• Artikelnr.: 55750633

Autorenporträt

P. Christiaan Klieger is an anthropologist who has taught at University of Hawai'i, University of Pittsburgh, and Chaminade University of Honolulu.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Greater Tibet, P. Christiaan Klieger
Chapter 1: Tibetan Exile or Diaspora: India as a "Second Homeland," Namgyal
Choedup
Chapter 2: Another Tibet at the Heart of Qing China: Location of Tibetan
Buddhism in the Mentality of the Qing Chinese Mind at Jehol, Hanung Kim
Chapter 3: The Rawang Tribes of Highland Southeast Asia: Survival and the
Process of Marginalization, P. Christiaan Klieger
Chapter 4: Tibet as a State: International Law and Historical Facts,
Sergius L. Kuzmin
Chapter 5: The Role of India's National Interests vis-à-vis Tibet: Tibetan
Nationalism and Tibetan Activism, Seokbae Lee
Chapter 6: The Baltistan Movement on Facebook: Supersize effects and
small-scale acts in the Western Himalayas, Jan Magnusson
Chapter 7: A Case for Gelukpa Governance: The Historians of Labrang, Amdo,
and the Manchu Rulers of China, Max Oidtmann
Chapter 8: Essay: Buddhism post-Soviet Union: Buddhism in the Russian
Federation, 1991 to the Present, Telo Tulku Rinpoche
Chapter 9: Essay: A Greater Tibet and the Irony of Liberation, Tenzin N.
Tethong