Carole McGranahan: Arrested Histories

Cover: 9780822347712 | Arrested Histories | Tibet, the Cia, and Memories of a Forgotten War

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In the 1950s, thousands of ordinary Tibetans rose up to defend their country and religion against Chinese troops. Their citizen army fought through 1974 with covert support from the Tibetan exile government and the governments of India, Nepal, and the United States. Decades later, the story of this resistance is only beginning to be told and has not yet entered the annals of Tibetan national history. In Arrested Histories, the anthropologist and historian Carole McGranahan shows how and why histories of this resistance army are "arrested" and explains the ensuing repercussions for the Tibetan refugee community.
Drawing on rich ethnographic and historical research, McGranahan tells the story of the Tibetan resistance and the social processes through which this history is made and unmade, and lived and forgotten in the present. Fulfillment of veterans' desire for recognition hinges on the Dalai Lama and "historical arrest," a practice in which the telling of certain pasts is suspended until an undetermined time in the future. In this analysis, struggles over history emerge as a profound pain of belonging. Tibetan cultural politics, regional identities, and religious commitments cannot be disentangled from imperial histories, contemporary geopolitics, and romanticized representations of Tibet. Moving deftly from armed struggle to nonviolent hunger strikes, and from diplomatic offices to refugee camps, Arrested Histories provides powerful insights into the stakes of political engagement and the cultural contradictions of everyday life.

Über den Autor

Carole McGranahan

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations vii

Note on Transliteration, Names, and Photographs ix

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction 1

1. Empire and the State of Tibet 37

2. The Pains of Belonging 53

3. 1956: Year of the Fire Monkey 67

4. The Golden Throne 89

5. History and Memory as Social Practice 109

6. War in Exile 127

7. In a Clouded Mirror 143

8. Secrets, the CIA, and the Politics of Truth 163

9. A Nonviolent History of War 185

Conclusion: Truth, Fear, and Lies 201

Epilogue 219

Appendix. Who's Who 231

Notes 235

Bibliography 275

Index 303

Erscheinungsjahr:	2010
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13:	9780822347712
ISBN-10:	0822347717
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	McGranahan, Carole
Hersteller:	Duke University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 18 mm
Von/Mit:	Carole McGranahan
Erscheinungsdatum:	01.10.2010
Gewicht:	0,48 kg

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