Islamic Shangri-La (eBook)

Inter-Asian Relations and Lhasa's Muslim Communities, 1600 to 1960

David G. Atwill (Autor)

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2018
258 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-97133-2 (ISBN)

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Islamic Shangri-La transports readers to the heart of the Himalayas as it traces the rise of the Tibetan Muslim community from the 17th century to the present. Radically altering popular interpretations that have portrayed Tibet as isolated and monolithically Buddhist, David Atwill's vibrant account demonstrates how truly cosmopolitan Tibetan society was by highlighting the hybrid influences and internal diversity of Tibet. In its exploration of the Tibetan Muslim experience, this book presents an unparalleled perspective of Tibet's standing during the rise of post–World War II Asia.  

Inhalt

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Boundaries of Belonging
Chapter 2. Confronting the Unexpected
Chapter 3. How Half-Tibetans Made Tibet Whole
Chapter 4. Himalayan Asia
Chapter 5. The Tibetan Muslim Incident of 1960
Chapter 6. Prisoners of Shangri-La

Glossary
Notes
Works Cited
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.10.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
• Schlagworte: 17th century • 20th century tibet • central asia history • Citizenship • Cosmopolitan • Himalayas • history of islam • hybrid influences • Identity • internal diversity of tibet • Islam • isolated • monolithically buddhist • popular interpretations • rise of post world war 2 asia • subjecthood • Tibet • tibetan muslim experience • tibetan muslims • Tibetan society
• ISBN-10: 0-520-97133-7 / 0520971337
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-97133-2 / 9780520971332