Tropes of indolence and the cultural politics of development in Lhasa, Tibet

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 593-612

  Yeh, Emily T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Cultural politics; Development; Ethnography; Tibet

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; CULTURAL IDENTITY; DEVELOPMENT DISCOURSE; ECONOMIC REFORM; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LHASA; XIZANG;

EID: 34648860550     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.2007.00565.x     Document Type: Article

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