Proceedings of the Tenth Seminar of the IATS, 2003. Volume 2 : Tibetan Borderlands.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction: Tibetan Borderlands -- Barbarians at the Border and Civilising Projects: Analysing Ethnic and National Identities in the Tibetan Context -- Rethinking Tibeto-Burman: Linguistic Identities and Classifications in the Himalayan Periphery -- Archive and the Poetics of 'Exotica Tibet' -- Insisting on Agreement: Tibetan Law and its Development in Ladakh -- Namas (Mna' ma) and Nyelus (Nyal bu): Marriage, Fertility, and Illegitimacy in Tibetan Societies -- From Margin to Centre: 'Tibet' as a Feature of Gurung Identity -- Ritual in Sikkim: Expressions of Cultural Identity and Change among the Lhopos -- "We are the Lhopo of Sikkim. We do not have Tibetan Origins. The Tibetans are the Refugees": Changes in the Perception of Bhutia and Tibetan Identities in Sikkim, India -- The Rgyal Rong New Year: A case History of Changing Identity -- The Baltistan Movement: Tibetan History and Identity in the Northern Areas of Pakistan -- Chone and Thewu: Territoriality, Local Power, and Political Control on the Southern Gansu-Tibetan Frontier, 1880-1940 -- A Tale of the Tibeto-Burman 'Pygmies' -- Notes on Contributors.

Tibetan Borderlands examines modern culture and recent history of the varied lands surrounding the Tibetan plateau. These include Ladakh, Northern India, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Northern Burma, and China.

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