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In Rewriting Shangri-La: Migrations and Everyday Literacies among Tibetan Youth in McLeod Ganj, India , Heidi Swank examines differing histories of migration and exile through the lens of everyday literacies. The youth on whom this ethnography focuses live in a community that has long been romanticized by Tibetans and non-Tibetans alike, positioning these youth to see themselves as keepers of a modern day Shangri-la. Through this ethnography - based on a decade of research - Heidi Swank suggests that through seemingly mundane writings (grocery lists, text messages, et cetera) these youth are shifting what Shangri-la means by renogotiating important aspects of life in this Tibetan community to better match their lived - not romanticized - experiences as exiles in rural India.

Tibetans --- Youth --- Immigrant youth --- Youths' writings --- Written communication --- Group identity --- Collective identity --- Community identity --- Cultural identity --- Social identity --- Identity (Psychology) --- Social psychology --- Collective memory --- Written discourse --- Written language --- Communication --- Discourse analysis --- Language and languages --- Visual communication --- Writings of youths --- Literature --- Young people --- Young persons --- Youngsters --- Youths --- Age groups --- Life cycle, Human --- Ethnology --- Tibeto-Burman peoples --- Social aspects. --- Mcleodganj (India) --- Tibet Region --- Bod Region --- Greater Tibet --- Hsi-tang Region --- Sitsang Region --- Thibet Region --- Tibbata Region --- Wei-tsang Region --- Xi zang Region --- Xizang Region --- Macleodganj (India) --- McLeod Ganj (India) --- Emigration and immigration --- Civilization.