Introduction. Frontier Tibet: Trade and Boundaries of Authority in Kham
Résumé
In this introduction, I highlight some of the main threads that tie the articles together. The articles do not exhaust the potential of the wide range of topics just mentioned: they modestly offer glimpses of a multifaceted Kham, a constellation of disparate local configurations that hopefully shed some light on the processes alluded to above. For the purpose of setting the stage for these contributions, I frame these processes first by addressing the distinction between space and place, which opens onto a discussion that lays the warp of this issue around the key terms of empire and nation, borderlands and frontier. Next, I refer to notions of wealth and power, which provide the weft of the rich tapestry of the authors’ varied disciplinary takes on and respective engagement with issues of trade relations, networks and boundaries, and authority and
sovereignty.
Domaines
Anthropologie sociale et ethnologieOrigine | Fichiers éditeurs autorisés sur une archive ouverte |
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