Rewriting Shangri-La : : Tibetan youth, migrations and literacies in McLeod Ganj, India / / by Heidi Swank.
In Rewriting Shangri-La: Migrations and Everyday Literacies among Tibetan Youth in McLeod Ganj, India , Heidi Swank examines differing histories of migration and exile through the lens of everyday literacies. The youth on whom this ethnography focuses live in a community that has long been romantici...
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| Superior document: | Brill's Tibetan Studies Library, Volume 34 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2014. ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Brill's Tibetan studies library ;
v. 34. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (211 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | In Rewriting Shangri-La: Migrations and Everyday Literacies among Tibetan Youth in McLeod Ganj, India , Heidi Swank examines differing histories of migration and exile through the lens of everyday literacies. The youth on whom this ethnography focuses live in a community that has long been romanticized by Tibetans and non-Tibetans alike, positioning these youth to see themselves as keepers of a modern day Shangri-la. Through this ethnography - based on a decade of research - Heidi Swank suggests that through seemingly mundane writings (grocery lists, text messages, et cetera) these youth are shifting what Shangri-la means by renogotiating important aspects of life in this Tibetan community to better match their lived - not romanticized - experiences as exiles in rural India. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 900426390X |
| ISSN: | 1568-6183 ; |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by Heidi Swank. |