Table of Contents

List of Figures viii

Series Editors' Preface ix

Acknowledgements x

Note on Transliteration xiii

1 Introduction 1

2 Rethinking the (Non)state: Time / Space / Performance 17

3 Setting the Scene: Contested Narratives of Tibetan Statehood 40

4 Rehearsal Spaces: Material and Symbolic Roles of Exile Tibetan Settlements 61

5 Playwright and Cast: Crafting Legitimacy in Exile 92

6 Scripting the State: Constructing a Population, Welfare State and Citizenship in Exile 116

7 Audiences of Statecraft: Negotiating Hospitality and Performing Diplomacy 145

8 Conclusion: Rehearsing Stateness 171

References 190

Index 216

About the Author

Fiona McConnell is Associate Professor in Human Geography at the University of Oxford. She is co-editor of Geographies of Peace (2014) and Diplomatic Cultures and International Politics (forthcoming), and sits on the Board of Directors of the Tibet Justice Centre.

Reviews

REVIEW LIST: Political Geography (author on the editorial board) Geopolitics (author on the editorial board) Transactions of the IBG Contemporary South Asia Environment and Planning D: Society and Space Antipode Annals of the AAG The Journal of Asian Studies Geoforum Geografiska Annaler PoLAR