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Tibet : a victim of geopolitics / Anand, Dibyesh.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Delhi : Routledge, 2009.Description: xix, 189 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780415484497 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 951.5 ANA 005789
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Contents:
Introduction 1. Postcoloniality, Representation, and World Politics 2. Imagining the Other 3. Poetics of Exotica Tibet 4. The West and the Identity of "Tibet" 5. The Politics of Tibetan (Trans) National Identity 6. Postcoloniality and Reimag(in)ing Tibetanness
Summary: Examines exoticized Western representations of Tibet and Tibetans and the debate over that land's status with regard to China. This title lays bare the strategies by which 'Exotica Tibet' and 'Tibetanness' have been constructed and examines the impact these constructions have had on those who are being represented.
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Book Book Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore 951.5 ANA 005789 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 005789
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-181) and index.

Introduction 1. Postcoloniality, Representation, and World Politics 2. Imagining the Other 3. Poetics of Exotica Tibet 4. The West and the Identity of "Tibet" 5. The Politics of Tibetan (Trans) National Identity 6. Postcoloniality and Reimag(in)ing Tibetanness

Examines exoticized Western representations of Tibet and Tibetans and the debate over that land's status with regard to China. This title lays bare the strategies by which 'Exotica Tibet' and 'Tibetanness' have been constructed and examines the impact these constructions have had on those who are being represented.

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