Mapping Amdo : dynamics of power [Archív orientální., Supplementa, 11.] - Hardcover

Mapping Amdo : dynamics of power [Archív orientální., Supplementa, 11.]

Hardcover. Zustand: New. 271 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour) ; 24 cm. "Throughout the history of Amdo, representatives of both the secular and the religious communities have engaged in power struggles within their own communities as well as in confrontation with each other. Apart from military or spiritual power, which were distinct from the traditional positions of chieftains and clerics, this volume also discusses economic, cultural, and sociopolitical aspects of power as executed by various players throughout Amdo history"--Page 4 of cover. Contents: Introduction. Dynamics of power : some reflections on the multiple manifestations of power in Amdo / Ute Wallenböck, Jarmila Ptáčková, and Bianca Horlemann -- The four forts of Repkong : a Tu community between China, Tibet, and Mongolia, 1370-1730 / Hannibal C. Taubes -- Muslim unrest in Amdo : the rebellion of Ma Zhongying in 1928 and 1929 / Bianca Horlemann -- Preliminary notes on Lamo Dechen monastery and its two main incarnation lineages / Hanung Kim -t Hor btsun bstan 'dzin blo gros rgya mtsho (1889-1975) : a little-known Bön scholar from Amdo / Per Kværne -- Constructing a mother's authority : legitimizing the Gungru female reincarnate lineage on the Amdo grasslands / Peter F. Faggen -- Gengya Drakkar (rGan gya brag dkar) : its significance as a place of pilgrimage and as sacred natural site / Ute Wallenböck -- Beyond majority-minority relations in the ethnic dynamics of the Amdo region : the "Huification" and "Tibetanization" of the Bonan speakers of Gansu and Qinghai / Hugh Battye -- Distributing fish or fishing hooks? Examples of the targeted poverty alleviation program in Tibetan pastoral areas of Qinghai / Jarmila Ptácková -- A research note on recent developments with Tibetan medium tertiary student intakes and degree programs / Adrian Zenz -- The Representation of power and hegemony in contemporary fiction from Amdo : Tsering Döndrup's novel Fog / Franz Xaver Erhard -- Migration history of Amdo-speaking pastoralists in Lhagang, Khams Minyag, based on narratives and linguistic evidence / Hiroyuki Suzuki and Sonam Wangmo. Artikel-Nr. PGSGV04

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