1st Edition
The Eastern Land and the Western Heaven Qing Cosmopolitanism and its Translation in Tibet in the Eighteenth Century
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. Maṇḍalizing 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
Biography
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.
