<p><span>The Tibetan diaspora began fifty years ago when the current Dalai Lama fled Lhasa and established a government-in-exile in India. For those fifty years, the vast majority of Tibetans have kept their stateless refugee status in India and Nepal as a reminder to themselves and the world that T
Immigrant Ambassadors: Citizenship and Belonging in the Tibetan Diaspora
โ Scribed by Julia Meredith Hess
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 278
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
Immigrant Ambassadors explores transformations in Tibetan identity as increasing numbers of Tibetans move from being stateless refugees in India and Nepal to citizens of the United States.
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