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001 2008050749
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008 081119s2009 cau b 001 0 eng c
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050 00 $aE184.T53$bH47 2009
082 00 $a305.899541073$222
100 1 $aHess, Julia Meredith.
245 10 $aImmigrant ambassadors :$bcitizenship and belonging in the Tibetan diaspora /$cJulia Meredith Hess.
260 $aStanford, Calif. :$bStanford University Press,$cc2009.
263 $a0904
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $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.
650 0 $aTibetans$zUnited States$xEthnic identity.
650 0 $aTibetans$zIndia$xEthnic identity.
650 0 $aRefugees, Tibetan$xHistory.
650 0 $aCitizenship$xSocial aspects$zUnited States.
650 0 $aPolitics and culture.