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Ashoka University
Publication Date
Fall 2023
Abstract
The fundamental aspect of the Tibetan exilic identity and the competing definition of Tibetaness has long been circulating among the community. It’s a question Tibetans are already asking, that they cannot help but ask, and that therefore deserves an answer. For the first generation of Tibetans, their identity is more profound because of their connection with the geographical home itself. However, for the second generation, having lived and raised outside in the ethnically mixed environment, the idea of Tibet exists in the imagination; though the way in which it is to be imagined is contested by a number of parties. All across the generations, Tibetan has taken a keen interest in the construction and deconstruction of their identity. The paper will look into the identity construction of Tibetan living in Exile. I will show that the performance of Tibetan identity in Exile has significant historical and contemporary formations. I have shown that beliefs and viable values from the colonial and precolonial consistently affects the identity formation of the Tibetan people.
Disciplines
Asian Studies | Community Psychology | Migration Studies | Place and Environment
Recommended Citation
Yeka, Tenzin, "Negotiating Identities: The Tibetan’s Experience" (2023). Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection. 3849.
https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/3849
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Asian Studies Commons, Community Psychology Commons, Migration Studies Commons, Place and Environment Commons
Program Name
Nepal: Tibetan and Himalayan Peoples