By Carole McGranahan
ISBN-10: 0822347512
ISBN-13: 9780822347514
ISBN-10: 0822347717
ISBN-13: 9780822347712
Drawing on wealthy ethnographic and old examine, McGranahan tells the tale of the Tibetan resistance and the social strategies in which this heritage is made and unmade, and lived and forgotten within the current. achievement of veterans’ hope for acceptance hinges at the Dalai Lama and “historical arrest,” a tradition during which the telling of definite pasts is suspended till an undetermined time sooner or later. during this research, struggles over heritage become a profound soreness of belonging. Tibetan cultural politics, local identities, and spiritual commitments can't be disentangled from imperial histories, modern geopolitics, and romanticized representations of Tibet. relocating deftly from armed fight to nonviolent starvation moves, and from diplomatic workplaces to refugee camps, Arrested Histories offers robust insights into the stakes of political engagement and the cultural contradictions of daily life.
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