Facing globalization in the Himalayas: belonging and the politics of the self /

Facing globalization in the Himalayas: belonging and the politics of the self / edited by Gerard Toffin, Joanna Pfaff-Czarnecka. - Los Angeles: Sage, 2014. - x, 471 p. illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction: Globalization and Belonging in the Himalayas and in Trans-Himalayan Social Spaces - Gerard Toffin and Joanna Pfaff-CzarneckaI: SHIFTING HORIZONS OF BELONGINGImprobable Globalization: Individualization and Christianization among the Tamangs - Blandine RipertCircular Lives: Histories and Economies of Belonging in the Transnational Thangmi Village - Sara ShneidermanBeing a Ladakhi, Playing the Nomad - Pascale DollfusII: MIGRANT EXPERIENCES IN SOUTH ASIA AND BEYONDMigration, Marginality, and Modernity: Hill Men's Journey to Mumbai - Jeevan R SharmaRights and a Sense of Belonging: Two Contrasting Nepali Diaspora Communities - Mitra Pariyar, Bal Gopal Shrestha and David N GellnerGeographical, Cultural, and Professional Belonging of Nepalese Migrants in India and Qatar - Tristan BrusleIII: CREATING TRANSNATIONAL BELONGINGBelonging and Solitude among Nepali Nurses in Great Britain - Sondra L HausnerCulture on Display: Metropolitan Multiculturalism and the Manchester Nepal Festival - Ben CampbellBeing and Belonging: Mapping the Experiences of Nepali Immigrants in the United States - Bandita SijapatiGlobal Gurungs: Ethnic Organizing Abroad - Susan HangenIV: GLOBALITY AND ACTIVIST EXPERIENCEBuddhist Activism, New Sanghas, and the Politics of Belonging among Some Tharu and Magar Communities of Southern Nepal - Chiara LetiziaPower Projects, Protests, and Problematics of Belonging in Dzongu, Sikkim - Tanka SubbaWeepingsikkim.blogspot.com: Reconfiguring Lepcha Belonging with Cyber-belonging - Vibha AroraV: NATIONAL RECONFIGURATIONSMother Tongues and Language Competence: The Shifting Politics of Linguistic Belonging in the Himalayas - Mark TurinWho Belongs to Tibet? Governmental Narratives of State in the Ganden Podrang - Martin A MillsThe Last Himalayan Monarchies - Michael HuttGlossary

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Ethnic groups--Himalaya Mountains Region.
Group identity--Himalaya Mountains Region.
Nationalism--Himalaya Mountains Region.
National characteristics.
Globalization--Himalaya Mountains Region.


Himalaya Mountains Region--Ethnic relations.

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