Reordering adivasi worlds: representation, resistance, memory

Recounting the story of the Oraons and Tana Bhagats of Chhotanagpur in the present-day state of Jharkhand, this book questions postcolonial understandings of the category of 'tribe' and unravels the threads of a hierarchical adivasi world. It unpacks colonial ethnography, missionary narrat...

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1. Verfasser: Dasgupta, Sangeeta (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch Karte
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New Delhi Oxford University Press 2022
Ausgabe:First edition
Schriftenreihe:Oxford scholarship online
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Zusammenfassung:Recounting the story of the Oraons and Tana Bhagats of Chhotanagpur in the present-day state of Jharkhand, this book questions postcolonial understandings of the category of 'tribe' and unravels the threads of a hierarchical adivasi world. It unpacks colonial ethnography, missionary narratives, and anthropological writings; explores issues of adivasi identity and resistance; and demonstrates how contemporary adivasi protest draws upon memories of the past
Beschreibung:This edition previously issued in print: 2021. - Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 345 Seiten) Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9789391050412
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780190127916.001.0001