Reform, identity and narratives of belonging :: the Heraka movement in Northeast India /

Reform, Identity and Narratives of Belonging focuses on the Heraka, a religious reform movement, and its impact on the Zeme, a Naga tribe, in the North Cachar Hills of Assam, India. Drawing upon critical studies of 'religion', cultural/ethnic identity, and nationalism, archival research in...

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1. Verfasser: Longkumer, Arkotong
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London ; New York : Continuum, 2010.
Schriftenreihe:Continuum advances in religious studies.
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Zusammenfassung:Reform, Identity and Narratives of Belonging focuses on the Heraka, a religious reform movement, and its impact on the Zeme, a Naga tribe, in the North Cachar Hills of Assam, India. Drawing upon critical studies of 'religion', cultural/ethnic identity, and nationalism, archival research in both India and Britain, and fieldwork in Assam, the book initiates new grounds for understanding the evolving notions of 'reform' and 'identity' in the emergence of a Heraka 'religion'. Arkotong Longkumer argues that 'reform' and 'identity' are dynamically inter-related and linked to the revitalisation and n.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiv, 258 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781441186447
1441186441
9786612552045
6612552042
9781472549211
147254921X
9781441196941
1441196943
9781441187345
1441187340

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