ISBN:
9781501764097
Language:
English
Pages:
xi, 209 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
Series Statement:
Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Grant, Andrew, 1984- Concrete plateau
DDC:
305.895/4105147
Keywords:
Tibetans Cultural assimilation
;
Tibetans Ethnic identity
;
Urbanization Social aspects
;
Verstädterung
;
Tibeter
;
Lebensstil
;
Kulturelle Identität
;
Ethnische Gruppe
;
Bevölkerungsgruppe
;
Staat
;
Xining (Qinghai Sheng, China) History 21st century
;
China
;
Tibet
;
Tibet
;
Verstädterung
;
Kulturelle Identität
Abstract:
Introduction: Building the concrete plateau -- Circulations and dreams on the urbanizing plateau -- Remembering Xining -- Civilized city -- Uncivilized city -- Building Tibetan places -- Conclusion: Urbanization as civilizing machine.
Abstract:
"The Concrete Plateau discusses Tibetans' migration to Xining, a large city on the eastern Tibetan Plateau. Although twenty-first-century urban planning in Xining has made the city more similar to other cities across China, Tibetans nevertheless use urban resources and networks to create a subaltern Tibetan city that sustains their identity"--
Note:
Literaturhinweise Seite 181-202
,
Register Seite 203-209
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