Fan Zhang

The Eastern Land and the Western Heaven (eBook, PDF)

Qing Cosmopolitanism and its Translation in Tibet in the Eighteenth Century

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Produktbeschreibung

This 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781003845720
• Artikelnr.: 69507214

Autorenporträt

Fan 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.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Narratives, Landscapes, and Practices at Qing-Tibetan Interface PART I Narratives 2. Discovering the Western Treasure: Tibet in Qing Cosmopolitan Historiography 3. Taming the Eastern Land: China in Tibetan Buddhist Historiography PART II Landscapes 4. Hierarchizing Spaces: Cosmopolitanism and
Our Holy Dynasty
5. Mä
alizing Landscape: The Cosmopolitics of Tantric Masters PART III Practices 6. Local and Translocal Beings: The Guandi Cult in Tibet 7. The Edicts and the Edible: Digesting Imperial Sovereignty in Lhasa 8. Conclusion