In the Land of the Eastern Queendom

Tenzin Jinba is professor of anthropology and sociology at Lanzhou University.

• Foreword by Stevan Harrell Preface and Acknowledgments MapsIntroduction1. Setting Foot in the Queen’s Land 2. Masculine and Feminine Internal Others in China 3. From the Valley of Beauties to the Eastern Queendom 4. The Queendom and Grassroots Politics 5. The Moluo Tourism Association: How Far to Go?Conclusion NotesGlossary Bibliography Index

"In his willingness to wrestle on the page with these fraught questions of Tibetan identity politics, Jinba has not only provided a refreshing new standpoint on the politics of ethnicity and ethnic representation in the context of Tibet, he has also thrown down the gauntlet for the debate-to-come about the collision of Tibetan and Chinese nationhood."