Transcultural Encounters in the Himalayan Borderlands : Kalimpong as a "contact zone" / Markus Viehbeck, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Viehbeck, Markus, editor.

Series:

Heidelberg studies on transculturality.

Heidelberg studies on transculturality

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multiculturalism--India--Congresses.

Multiculturalism.

Multiculturalism--Himalaya Mountains Region--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 350 pages) : illustrations.

Other Title:

Transcultural Encounters in the Himalayan Borderlands

Place of Publication:

Heidelberg : Heidelberg University Publishing (heiUP), 2017.

Summary:

The present study examines Kalimpong and the surrounding border areas of the eastern Himalayas as a paradigmatic case of a "contact zone". In the colonial period as well as in the early post-colonial era, this space enabled a variety of encounters: between (British) India, Tibet and China, but also Nepal and Bhutan; between Christian mission and the religions of the Himalayas; between global flows of money and information and local markets and practices. Using a wealth of local and global historical sources, each contribution traces the paths of actors from different cultural backgrounds and examines the new forms of knowledge and practices that emerged from their encounters and their shifting power relations.

Contents:

Table of contents

Front Matter

acknowledgments

Table of Contents

Introduction: Cultural History as a History of Encounters - A "Contact Perspective"

Part I: Christian Mission, Educational Institutions, and Identity Formation

Part II: Public Spheres, Public Media, and the Creation of Public Knowledge

Part III: Things that Connect: Economies and Material Culture

Part IV: Scholars, Power, and Knowledge Production

epilogue

List of Contributors.

Notes:

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