Dibyesh Anand Acknowledgments Introduction A CRITIQUE OF POSTCOLONIAL REASON GEOPOLITICAL EXOTICA: IR, POSTCOLONIALITY, AND THE TIBET QUESTION CHAPTER OUTLINE 1. Postcoloniality, Representation, and World Politics POSTCOLONIALIZING THE INTERNATIONAL IN IR THEORY WORLD POLITICS AS THE POLITICS OF IMAGINATION 2. Imagining the Other ESSENTIALIZING AND STEREOTYPING THE OTHER STRATEGIES OF REPRESENTATION CONCLUSION 3. Poetics of Exotica Tibet THE IMAGINAL ARCHIVE THE IMPERIAL SCRIPTING OF EXOTICA TIBET TIBET: A LAND OF RELIGION THE LAMA TEMPORAL AND SPIRITUAL JOURNEYING TO THE "ROOFTOP OF THE WORLD" A SEARCH FOR THE SNOW LEOPARD TIBET: A MYSTICAL AND FANTASY LAND THE WEST'S PLAYGROUND 4. The West and the Identity of "Tibet" IMPERIALISM AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF MODERN TIBET DELEGITIMIZING TRADITIONAL SINO-TIBETAN "INTERNATIONAL" RELATIONS TIBET'S CURRENT STATUS: A WESTERN IMPERIAL LEGACY EXOTICA TIBET AND THE DEPOLITICIZATION OF THE TIBET QUESTION CONCLUSION 5. The Politics of Tibetan (Trans) National Identity DIASPORA AND OTHERWISE THE POLITICAL DISCOURSE OF TIBETANNESS DISCOURSE OF TIBETANNESS AS ARTICULATED IN CHINA'S TIBET (DIS)PLACED TIBETANS: NATIONALISM IN EXILE TIBETAN (TRANS)NATIONAL IDENTITY: THE TENSIONS WITHIN CONCLUSION 6. Postcoloniality and Reimag(in)ing Tibetanness SYMBOLISM OF DHARAMSALA: A CONTESTED TERRAIN DHARAMSALA AS A TEMPORARY HOME: THE DOMINANT STORY CULTURE AND THE POLITICS OF PLACE: SOME CONCEPTUAL PROBLEMS WITH THE DOMINANT STORY CHALLENGING THE DOMINANT PARADIGM: READING CULTURAL IDENTITY IN TERMS OF ROOTS AND ROUTES CONCLUSION: AFFIRMING TIBETANNESS THROUGH ITS PROBL EMATIZATIO N 7. Conclusion Bibliography FILMOGRAPHY Publication History Index A BOOK SERIES CONCERNED WITH REVISIONING GLOBAL POLITICS Dibyesh Anand
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