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The Eastern Land and the Western Heaven: Qing Cosmopolitanism and its Translation in Tibet in the Eighteenth Century

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PublisherRoutledge; 1st edition
ISBN 139781032677101
ISBN 101032677104
AuthorFan Zhang
Book FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
Book DescriptionThis book sheds light on the structure of “a unity with diversity” developed in the Qing imperial formation (1636–1912) by a case study of the Qing-Tibetan encounters in the eighteenth century.By analyzing historical and ethnographical materials, the book investigates the translation of Chinese histories and stone inscriptions into Tibetan, the transformation of the landscapes at Mount Wutai and Lhasa, and the transplantation of Chinese deities and medical practices to Tibet. It demonstrates the processes in which the cosmopolitan interlocutors reified imperial integrity while expressing their diverse longings and belongings. It concludes that the Qing’s rule over its cultural others was neither simply Sinicizing nor colonizing, but a translational process in which multivocalic actors shared narratives, landscapes, and practices, while the emperor and tantric masters performed cosmic power over humans and metahumans.This book cuts across the fields of anthropology, history, Chinese Studies, and Tibetan Studies. It reflects on the concepts of sovereignty and ethnicity, and it also extends the methodological horizon of historical anthropology.
About the AuthorFan Zhang is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Peking University (China). Her research concerns ethnic studies, historical anthropology, and anthropological theory. She has carried out historical and ethnographical studies in Tibet and Sichuan.
Publication Date22 December 2023
Number of Pages180 pages
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