Imagined Geographies in the Indo-Tibetan Borderlands - Culture, Politics, Place (Hardcover, 0)

Imagined Geographies in the Indo-Tibetan Borderlands: Culture, Politics, Place is an ethnography of culture and politics in Monyul, a Tibetan Buddhist cultural region in west Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India. For nearly three centuries, Monyul was part of the Tibetan state, and the Monpas - as the communities inhabiting this region are collectively known - participated in trans-Himalayan trade and pilgrimage. Following the colonial demarcation of the Indo-Tibetan boundary in 1914, the fall of the Tibetan state in 1951, and the India-China boundary war in 1962, Monyul was gradually integrated into India and the Monpas became a Scheduled Tribe. In 2003, the Monpas began a demand for autonomy under the leadership of Tsona Gontse Rinpoche. This book examines the narratives and politics of the autonomy movement regarding language, place-names, and trans-border kinship against the backdrop of the India-China border dispute. It explores how the Monpas negotiate multiple identities to imagine new forms of community that transcend regional and national borders.

General

Imprint:	Amsterdam University Press
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Asian Borderlands
Release date:	August 2020
Authors:	Swargajyoti Gohain
Contributors:	Willem Schendel • Tina Harris
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	246
Edition:	0
ISBN-13:	978-9462989320
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > Embargos & sanctions Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Multicultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
LSN:	946298932X
Barcode:	9789462989320

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