Through the India-China Border

Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-1-009-49935-4
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 230 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 659 g

Reihe: Metamorphoses of the Political: Multidisciplinary Approaches

Through the India-China Border mobilizes rarely used documentary material from British, Chinese and Indian archives to shed new light on our understanding of the 'Tibet Question' in China-India relations. Focused on the Himalayan border town of Kalimpong from the 1920s to 1962, it unearths a history of espionage and political intrigue that challenges the way that remote peripheries are seen from the 'centres' of nations. The innovative use of postcolonial and transcultural theory demonstrates how a multidisciplinary framework augments our reading of imperial histories, postwar politics, decolonisation and frontier cultures. Kalimpong emerges from this analysis as a key node in Himalayan history and in the mid-century fashioning of India-China relations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Poddar, Prem

Lindkvist Zhang, Lisa

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; Acknowledgments; Glossary; 1. Introduction: Kalimpong as Interface – Post/colonial and Transcultural; 2. Kalimpong as Metonym: India–China Correlation; 3. Chinese (and Tibetan) Certification in Himalayan India: Foreigner Registration Files 1940s–1960s; 4. Espionage, Intrigues and Politics: Kalimpong Chung Hwa School as International Playhouse; 5. Shangri-la (Gyalthang) to Kalimpong: The Road of Trade, Transculture and Conflict; 6. Inconclusion: Not The Last Word; Bibliography; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Lindkvist Zhang, Lisa
Lisa Lindkvist Zhang is Postdoctoral Fellow at Tohoku University and Analyst at the Swedish National China Centre. She defended her PhD dissertation Re-thinking Indian Philosophy in Early Twentieth-Century China at Heidelberg University in 2023. Her research focuses on philosophy and history in light of Chinese politics and China-India relations.

Poddar, Prem
Prem Poddar is Professor in Cultural Encounters at Roskilde University in Denmark and Alexander von Humboldt Senior Fellow in Germany. He is former and founding Vice-Chancellor of Darjeeling Hills University, India. He is currently ICAS:MP Senior Fellow. His research interests include cultural theory, nationalisms, and the politics of the passport.