Tibetan Borderlands: Tibetan Studies : Proceedings of the Tenth Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Oxford, 2003 (Brill's Tibetan Studies Library)

Since the occupation of Tibet by the Peoples Republic of China in 1959, former border principalities and feudatories of the former realm of the Dalai Lama have broken away and have developed sociopolitical and economic bonds with other states. Sikkim, Bhutan, Ladakh, and the Tibeto-Burman speaking regions of Burma, Nepal, and others have all developed strong ethnic identities apart from Tibet. Eleven well-known scholars working in these borderlands of Tibet present in this volume aspects of their current historical, linguistic, and ethnographic research. Originally presented at the Oxford University meeting of the International Association of Tibetan Studies in 2003, the volume provides a unique panoply of cultural diversity within the contemporary Tibeto-Burman speaking world. It is presented in an illustrated format, along with an introduction. TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 6 INTRODUCTION TIBETAN BORDERLANDS --- P. CHRISTIAAN KLIEGER......Page 8 BARBARIANS AT THE BORDER AND CIVILISING PROJECTS: ANALYSING ETHNIC AND NATIONAL IDENTITIES IN THE TIBETAN CONTEXT --- SARA SHNEIDERMAN......Page 16 RETHINKING TIBETO-BURMAN: LINGUISTIC IDENTITIES AND CLASSIFICATIONS IN THE HIMALAYAN PERIPHERY --- MARK TURIN......Page 42 ARCHIVE AND THE POETICS OF ‘EXOTICA TIBET’ --- DIBYESH ANAND......Page 56 INSISTING ON AGREEMENT: TIBETAN LAW AND ITS DEVELOPMENT IN LADAKH --- FERNANDA PIRIE......Page 74 NAMAS (MNA’ MA) AND NYELUS (NYAL BU): MARRIAGE, FERTILITY, AND ILLEGITIMACY IN TIBETAN SOCIETIES --- GEOFF CHILDS......Page 96 FROM MARGIN TO CENTRE: ‘TIBET’ AS A FEATURE OF GURUNG IDENTITY ERNESTINE MCHUGH......Page 122 RITUAL IN SIKKIM: EXPRESSIONS OF CULTURAL IDENTITY AND CHANGE AMONG THE LHOPOS --- ANNA BALIKCI-DENJONGPA......Page 134 “WE ARE THE LHOPO OF SIKKIM. WE DO NOT HAVE TIBETAN ORIGINS. THE TIBETANS ARE THE REFUGEES”: CHANGES IN THE PERCEPTION OF BHUTIA AND TIBETAN IDENTITIES IN SIKKIM, INDIA --- VIBHA ARORA......Page 164 THE RGYAL RONG NEW YEAR: A CASE HISTORY OF CHANGING IDENTITY --- MARIELLE PRINS......Page 188 THE BALTISTAN MOVEMENT: TIBETAN HISTORY AND IDENTITY IN THE NORTHERN AREAS OF PAKISTAN --- JAN MAGNUSSON......Page 198 CHONE AND THEWU: TERRITORIALITY, LOCAL POWER, AND POLITICAL CONTROL ON THE SOUTHERN GANSU-TIBETAN FRONTIER,1880-1940 --- WIM VAN SPENGEN......Page 216 A TALE OF THE TIBETO-BURMAN ‘PYGMIES’ --- P. CHRISTIAAN KLIEGER......Page 238 NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS......Page 262 Introduction : Tibetan Borderlands / P. Christiaan Klieger -- Barbarians At The Border And Civilising Projects : Analysing Ethnic And National Identities In The Tibetan Context / Sara Shneiderman -- Rethinking Tibeto-burman : Linguistic Identities And Classifications In The Himalayan Periphery / Mark Turin -- Archive And The Poetics Of 'exotica Tibet' / Dibyesh Anand -- Insisting On Agreement : Tibetan Law And Its Development In Ladakh / Fernanda Pirie -- Namas (mna' Ma) And Nyelus (nyal Bu) : Marriage, Fertility, And Illegitimacy In Tibetan Societies / Geoff Childs -- From Margin To Centre : 'tibet' As A Feature Of Gurung Identity / Ernestine Mchugh -- Ritual In Sikkim : Expressions Of Cultural Identity And Change Among The Lhopos / Anna Balikci-denjongpa -- We Are The Lhopo Of Sikkim : We Do Not Have Tibetan Origins : The Tibetans Are The Refugees : Changes In The Perception Of Bhutia And Tibetan Identities In Sikkim, India / Vibha Arora -- The Rgyal Rong New Year : A Case History Of Changing Identity / Marielle Prins -- The Baltistan Movement : Tibetan History And Identity In The Northern Areas Of Pakistan / Jan Magnusson -- Chone And Thewu : Territoriality, Local Power, And Political Control On The Southern Gansu-tibetan Frontier, 1880-1940 / Wim Van Spengen -- A Tale Of The Tibeto-burman 'pygmies' / P. Christiaan Klieger. Managing Editor, Charles Ramble ; Edited By P. Christiaan Klieger. Includes Bibliographical References. ISBN-13: 9789004154827 TABLE OF CONTENTS 6 INTRODUCTION TIBETAN BORDERLANDS --- P. CHRISTIAAN KLIEGER 8 BARBARIANS AT THE BORDER AND CIVILISING PROJECTS: ANALYSING ETHNIC AND NATIONAL IDENTITIES IN THE TIBETAN CONTEXT --- SARA SHNEIDERMAN 16 RETHINKING TIBETO-BURMAN: LINGUISTIC IDENTITIES AND CLASSIFICATIONS IN THE HIMALAYAN PERIPHERY --- MARK TURIN 42 ARCHIVE AND THE POETICS OF ‘EXOTICA TIBET’ --- DIBYESH ANAND 56 INSISTING ON AGREEMENT: TIBETAN LAW AND ITS DEVELOPMENT IN LADAKH --- FERNANDA PIRIE 74 NAMAS (MNA’ MA) AND NYELUS (NYAL BU): MARRIAGE, FERTILITY, AND ILLEGITIMACY IN TIBETAN SOCIETIES --- GEOFF CHILDS 96 FROM MARGIN TO CENTRE: ‘TIBET’ AS A FEATURE OF GURUNG IDENTITY ERNESTINE MCHUGH 122 RITUAL IN SIKKIM: EXPRESSIONS OF CULTURAL IDENTITY AND CHANGE AMONG THE LHOPOS --- ANNA BALIKCI-DENJONGPA 134 “WE ARE THE LHOPO OF SIKKIM. WE DO NOT HAVE TIBETAN ORIGINS. THE TIBETANS ARE THE REFUGEES”: CHANGES IN THE PERCEPTION OF BHUTIA AND TIBETAN IDENTITIES IN SIKKIM, INDIA --- VIBHA ARORA 164 THE RGYAL RONG NEW YEAR: A CASE HISTORY OF CHANGING IDENTITY --- MARIELLE PRINS 188 THE BALTISTAN MOVEMENT: TIBETAN HISTORY AND IDENTITY IN THE NORTHERN AREAS OF PAKISTAN --- JAN MAGNUSSON 198 CHONE AND THEWU: TERRITORIALITY, LOCAL POWER, AND POLITICAL CONTROL ON THE SOUTHERN GANSU-TIBETAN FRONTIER,1880-1940 --- WIM VAN SPENGEN 216 A TALE OF THE TIBETO-BURMAN ‘PYGMIES’ --- P. CHRISTIAAN KLIEGER 238 NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS 262 Brill Tibetan Borderlands examines modern culture and recent history of the varied lands surrounding the Tibetan plateau. These include Ladakh, Northern India, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Northern Burma, and China.