- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780804760171
- eISBN:
- 9780804776318
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Stanford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.11126/stanford/9780804760171.003.0004
- Subject:
- Anthropology, Asian Cultural Anthropology
This chapter explores how Tibetan exiles formally frame the elements important to exile discourse. It argues that as stateless refugees, Tibetans must creatively wield well-worn concepts of ...
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This chapter explores how Tibetan exiles formally frame the elements important to exile discourse. It argues that as stateless refugees, Tibetans must creatively wield well-worn concepts of “culture,” “nation,” and “modernity” in a world still ordered by nation-states. The discussion frames for the reader the way these ideas have been developed by the Dalai Lama, the government-in-exile, and other elites in Tibetan exile culture. This formalized framework acts as a backdrop against which one can examine emerging disjunctures and the changing nature of Tibetanness in the context of increased migratory movement.Less
This chapter explores how Tibetan exiles formally frame the elements important to exile discourse. It argues that as stateless refugees, Tibetans must creatively wield well-worn concepts of “culture,” “nation,” and “modernity” in a world still ordered by nation-states. The discussion frames for the reader the way these ideas have been developed by the Dalai Lama, the government-in-exile, and other elites in Tibetan exile culture. This formalized framework acts as a backdrop against which one can examine emerging disjunctures and the changing nature of Tibetanness in the context of increased migratory movement.
Tien-sze Fang
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780198095958
- eISBN:
- 9780199082667
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198095958.003.0003
- Subject:
- Political Science, International Relations and Politics
The Tibet issue is still a sensitive and intractable issue for China’s diplomacy. This Chapter provides a brief account of China’s ‘liberation’ of Tibet, pointing out India’s special role and Tibet’s ...
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The Tibet issue is still a sensitive and intractable issue for China’s diplomacy. This Chapter provides a brief account of China’s ‘liberation’ of Tibet, pointing out India’s special role and Tibet’s significance for China. As will be suggested in this chapter, the Chinese are not satisfied with India’s approach to the Tibet issue, particularly its accommodation of the Dalai Lama and the government-in-exile. Although the Indian side has said in explicit terms that Tibet is a part of China and has stated that the Dalai Lama cannot carry out political activities in India, Beijing remains intensely suspicious of India’s Tibetan policy, and levels the criticism that India has been very reluctant to recognise Chinese sovereignty over Tibet. On the other hand, India has adopted a cautious approach in dealing with the Tibet issue, and faces a dilemma about playing the ‘Tibet card’.Less
The Tibet issue is still a sensitive and intractable issue for China’s diplomacy. This Chapter provides a brief account of China’s ‘liberation’ of Tibet, pointing out India’s special role and Tibet’s significance for China. As will be suggested in this chapter, the Chinese are not satisfied with India’s approach to the Tibet issue, particularly its accommodation of the Dalai Lama and the government-in-exile. Although the Indian side has said in explicit terms that Tibet is a part of China and has stated that the Dalai Lama cannot carry out political activities in India, Beijing remains intensely suspicious of India’s Tibetan policy, and levels the criticism that India has been very reluctant to recognise Chinese sovereignty over Tibet. On the other hand, India has adopted a cautious approach in dealing with the Tibet issue, and faces a dilemma about playing the ‘Tibet card’.
John Powers
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- April 2005
- ISBN:
- 9780195174267
- eISBN:
- 9780199835447
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0195174267.003.0005
- Subject:
- Religion, Buddhism
This chapter expands on the earlier chapters and looks at how Tibetan history is constructed by both Tibetans and Westerners. It asks whether Tibetans are constrained by Western discourses, as is ...
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This chapter expands on the earlier chapters and looks at how Tibetan history is constructed by both Tibetans and Westerners. It asks whether Tibetans are constrained by Western discourses, as is sometimes claimed, or whether they even know of them.Less
This chapter expands on the earlier chapters and looks at how Tibetan history is constructed by both Tibetans and Westerners. It asks whether Tibetans are constrained by Western discourses, as is sometimes claimed, or whether they even know of them.
