"A Contemporary Story of "Diaspora

The Tibetan Version

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3891925
AutoresDibyesh Anand (0000-0003-3604-2539, University of Bath, autor correspondente)
Ano2003
Volume12
Fascículo2
Páginas211-229
Data de publicação2003-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoDiaspora A Journal of Transnational Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1044-2057 • E-ISSN: 1911-1568
EditoraProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/dsp.2011.0063
OpenAlexW2061878884
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas16
Referências citadas19

Until the last two decades of the twentieth century, Tibetan studies suffered from an overemphasis on Buddhism and pre-1950s Tibetan history. Since the late 1980s, however, the situation has gradually changed. One increasingly comes across works related to Tibet that draw upon new ideas culled from various social, literary, and cultural theories. One such concept that is gaining currency is Diaspora. Taking their cue from the changing discourses of other dispersions, Tibetanists working with Tibetan exile/refugee communities have adopted the term. While this development brings Tibetan studies in line with similar disciplines and reflects the self-confidence of the field itself, often the term is used in an undertheorized manner, as a mere synonym or substitute for "refugee" or "exile." This is problematic, since Diaspora is not just another word for exiles or refugees but a concept with its own history. And this history is necessarily messy and contested

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Buddhism · Currency · Diaspora · Field (mathematics · Linguistics · Literature · Refugee · Sociology · Synonym (taxonomy · Anthropology · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · History · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Philosophy