Gender, Nation, and Nationalism - Perspectives of Tibetan Women in Exile

This book looks at the question of the Tibetan nation from the perspective of Tibetan women in exile.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Tracing the History 3. Interfaces of Gender, Nation, and Nationalism 4. Interrogating Tibetan Women's Construction of the Idea of the Tibetan Nation: Evidence from the Field 5. Tibetan Women in Exile and Their Contributions to Tibetan Nationalism: Agents or Symbols? 6. Tibetan Women in Exile: Position, Agency, and Aspirations 7. Conclusion, Bibliography, Appendix 1: Stories of Tibetan Women in Exile, Appendix 2: Students' Enrolment in Tibetan Schools in Exile as on March 31, 2019, Index

About the author

Amrita Saikia received her Ph.D. from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India. Currently, she is an Associate at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies, Hamburg, Germany. From November 2023 to October 2024, she was a visiting fellow funded by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation at the Institute for Asian Studies, German Institute for Global and Area Studies, Hamburg.

Summary

This book looks at the question of the Tibetan nation from the perspective of Tibetan women in exile.

Product details

• Authors: Amrita Saikia
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032950648
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3295064-8
• No. of pages: 138
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); History, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Asia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Humanities, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Tibet;Women