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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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.)
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Preliminary Material -- 1 ‘Just Let Go of this Dream of Shangri-La’ -- 2 Youth Communities and Methodologies -- 3 Theories of and in Practice -- 4 ‘Come to Learn, Go to Serve’ -- 5 Learning to Serve and to Roam -- 6 Writing Divisions -- 7 Families In Exile and Across the Himalayas -- 8 ‘Friends Like You Are Really Oscar Winner’ -- 9 Rewriting Shangri-La -- References -- Index.
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Immigrant youth India Mcleodganj Case studies.
Youths' writings Social aspects.
Written communication Social aspects.
Group identity Tibet Region.
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title_auth Rewriting Shangri-La : Tibetan youth, migrations and literacies in McLeod Ganj, India /
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contents Preliminary Material -- 1 ‘Just Let Go of this Dream of Shangri-La’ -- 2 Youth Communities and Methodologies -- 3 Theories of and in Practice -- 4 ‘Come to Learn, Go to Serve’ -- 5 Learning to Serve and to Roam -- 6 Writing Divisions -- 7 Families In Exile and Across the Himalayas -- 8 ‘Friends Like You Are Really Oscar Winner’ -- 9 Rewriting Shangri-La -- References -- Index.
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